First week- El Tigre/ La Boca

Unsurprisingly, I am no better at keeping up this blog in Argentina than in Spain. The first week before classes began, there was orientation. I also did some of the touristy things and went to La Boca and El Tigre. It rained the first few days, which curtailed the sightseeing somewhat.



My host family is great. It is actually just a single woman but she is a law professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires and has testified before the Argentine Congress. I have a single room but there are two other American students. The cooking is great, much better than Spain. For instance, last night we had beat salad with chickpeas and eggs. The guy I live with is vegetarian and the girl only eats kosher meat so all the food is vegetarian. Below is my house. The house is also very cool cause its brightly painted and filled with art and books. I have begun reading Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal.


Lastly, I went to see El Tigre with my program. It is a region north of Buenos Aires with many rivers and waterways so instead of roads they have waterways, complete with boat-buses and boat stores.


Then we stopped at a cafe and took pictures of Buenos Aires from across the Rio de la Plata. There were some guys that took windsurfing to the next level and did kite surfing. Dad, I don't recommend this as it was about 50 degrees and freezing.


on a side note, I love the graffiti of Buenos Aires. Some is political, some is typical graffiti and some is just pretty.