Asunción, Paraguay

Although it feels like we went last weekend, it's actually been more than a week since going to Paraguay! It still makes me laugh this trip because it was just completely random, strange, unsafe at times, and very funny. There is really no other way to describe it without starting to laugh :-)

It's the middle of July and my semester just started. Wait, what?

First off, my apologies for SLACKING with this blog. Still no internet in casa, BUT it is coming soon. For real this time though! So once that happens I will have more time to fill all of you in on my crazy adventures.

Nearing the end in Chile

Ok, so after my thrilling adventure riding a horse, I was very happy to have my 2 feet on the ground; although I had the best time EVER that day!!!

Our original plans were to go back to BA the next day (Friday), but none of us wanted to leave without having time to spend in Vina Del Mar.

Spring break in July continued....

Ok, so I believe I left off after our first day in Valpo.

The next day (Thursday) was our most exciting adventure! While we were in Mendoza and we were researching things to do in Chile, we just so happened to stumble upon this website advertising horseback riding in sand dunes in Chile. We immediately said, "Por que no?" (why not?) without even really looking further into it. Literally, our thought process was: wow, those pictures look cool, it's cheap, let's do it. Little did we know that this day would turn out to be a once in a lifetime experience! Job well done!

Spring break in July!

Where oh where to begin?? I'll start off by saying that last week was one of the coolest weeks ever!!!

Last Saturday night (the 24th) we left from BA to head to Mendoza. For those of you who don't know (which I'm assuming is a lot), Mendoza is one of the provinces in western Argentina. Mendoza is also a city in the center of this region. We were headed to the city (which I later found out did not exactly have the appearance of a city, but that is besides the point). We were on the bus overnight, and surprisingly it wasn't too bad. It was only a 13 hour trip. That's nothing right?

And the adventure continues...

Ok, so it's been almost a month since I've been in Argentina! I can't believe how fast time flies by! El tiempo vuele!! I just finished (yesterday) my intensive month class of spanish. It's funny because they don't have letter grades here. They use numbers (ie: from 1 to 10). A 4 is passing, so they don't exactly correlate numerically with our percentages either. However, needless to say I passed my course with flying colors (I got a 9!). It's a shame my grades don't transfer though, but at least I can say I learned a ton of grammar! Grammar that I haven't learned since my junior year of high school, so it was nice to review everything before jumping into the semester.

First week in South America!

Hello everyone! I've decided to start writing a blog to keep everyone in the loop because I still only have very limited access to internet. I really don't know how I've survived these past 3 weeks without internet in my apartment, but at the same time it is kind of nice to not have that distraction, especially in a new and exciting place!