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Hello faithful followers,

This post is basically a snippet of my week and then the little trip that I just took with my host family to their country house. Pardon it’s boringness…

Last week passed like any other week- After the dance class fiasco, we had the Valentine’s Day fiasco where everyone and their mum had mushy gushy plans while I was home alone (which is actually no big deal considering I’ve never really cared about V-day anyway). To celebrate it being a TUESDAY, Hanna, our friend Julia, and I went to a bar just to have a drink and observe the love birds- great fun!

Friday was our first exam and it was relatively easy. I studied mainly just by reading the chapters again and although I botched a few multiple choice questions, I think I did alright.

Saturday we had a visit to another estancia, but this one was more of a museum than a functioning farm. Once a part of the many properties belonging to the Jesuits that essentially founded Córdoba, it contains a church, rooms for the priests, and a bathroom with a superb drainage system. Wow gosh golly! Those Jesuits sure did know their water….They originally came to convert the Indigenous people of South America; you all know how that goes. The good thing though is that they were actually on the side of the Indians when the politicians of Europe wanted nothing more than to make them slaves. Yes, the Jesuits had negro slaves- but as my teacher said, although the Natives were darker in complexion than the Europeans, they were still considered more “humanlike” than the blacks. What a way to look at things, right? Thank God that’s not the norm now.

Saturday night I went with my host mom and her boyfriend to his house for an asado with his family. I was hesitant to go because Friday night I literally didn’t sleep at all and wanted to rest Saturday night, but Augustin assured me that we would stay long. Well wouldn’t you know that it wasn’t until 4:30 am that I finally got into my cozy little cama.

Obviously I slept until 2:30 on Sunday and then we headed out to the campo. Delfi, Mum and I drove for around 1 ½ hours to the little town of Potrero de Garay where they have a teeny adorable house. Naturally, I forgot my camera but since the weather was bad the whole weekend and we didn’t get to go to the lake, Ma promised me we’d go another time.

Tere and her boyfriend Nano met us there and we had dinner and played Pictionary which was a real mess considering my vocabulary is sooo lacking. On Monday, we lounged around just talking and studying and whatsits and then we went to buy stuff to make pizzas for dinner. After dinner, we played cards which was groovy because I actually knew the game. My friend Mimi and I would play it all the time at her house while eating oreos and milk and I’ve literally never met anyone who knows it.

Today we woke up and ate alfajores for breakfast which is fab considering tomorrow starts Cuaremsa (lent) and I’m going to give up sweets (as per usual). On our way home, we drove through Alta Gracia, a town near the city of Córdoba…There, mom and Delfi showed me another one of the Jesuits estancias and also the Museum that’s in the house where Che Guevarra lived.

This week is a short week thank goodness, but I’m sure that means we’ll be bombarded by homework. And speaking of homework, I met with Alejandro to talk about the semester and in addition to a Spanish class and Literature class with the other foreigners, I’m going to be taking Social Psychology, Portugese, and Publicity & Propoganda with the native students. Additionally, I’ll have Taller Cultural and an Independent Study with Dr. Massei (who is in Clemson). I guess I’ll have my hands full.

All in all, I had a good week/end in which I spoke loads of spanish (especially this getaway with the fam). The upcoming weekend, I think I’m going to Carlos Paz to see the river and all that it has to offer but that’s not for sure yet…

Talk soon. HAPPY LENTING. Byezz

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