Hey! How is everyone? Things are great here. I just finished dinner and I am about to start doing some homework, but I was feeling inspired to write and uninspired to read, so here I am. Its been a while, but there is nothing too too exciting to write about. I went to CORDOBA 2 weekends ago- it is a cute city about 9 hours Northeast of Buenos Aires. I went with Alba, we stayed at a hostel called Le Grand Hostel in Nueva Córdoba and had a relaxing weekend of strolling around the city. We went for a day to Villa Carlos Paz, which is apparently a tourist destination in the summer, but its really not. We went on a foggy Monday and it was totally empty and yucky. Kind of a disappointment. There are a lot of beautiful churches and theaters in Cordoba and a lot of Jesuit influence. There are tons of universities in the city so it is really young and the nightlife is great. We went out one night to this club called Malibu (which we nicknamed The Bu) and danced to Beyonce and Rhianna and 50 cent, it was so much fun. We also saw Mucho Ruido Pocos Nueces one night at the theater -that is spanish for Much Ado About Nothing, which we found out only minutes before the show started. It was really nice and the theater was so pretty. The show was a more modern take on the play so it was more entertaining and easier to understand. We really walked around the city a lot and took tons of pics.
This week I had another big paper due for my fútbol class, but it went really well. I wrote about a movie I saw called Offside about Iranian girls who dress up as boys so they can watch soccer games at the stadium- they are banned in Iran. It was really interesting and I wrote about the movie and compared it a little bit to some of what I know and have seen about women soccer players and games in Argentina. I went to my host brother Juan's soccer game in Pilar last Saturday with Becca & Joanna. His team is called La Brigada Z . We acted as cheerleaders. They lost - it was an awkward and smelly ride home!! There were some women's teams playing at the tournament, which is what inspired me to write about women and soccer.
This weekend I went out a lot with some new girlfriends I have - Molly, Emily, and Lissy. They are so nice and funny and the 4 of us plus Liam hung out practically all weekend. Molly's mom was in town so she rented a nice apartment and we baked Funfetti cake (which she brought for us all the way from the states!!!) and watched movies. On Saturday I went to La Plata with Libby & Alba, which is about 1 hour away and it is the Capital of the province of Buenos Aires. BA is the capital of the republic of Argentina but not the capital of the province that is also called BA. It was nice - we had great weather and the highlight of the trip was definitely the amazing cathedral in the heart of the city.
Some of the places I went to this weekend (more for my own purposes, sorry, so that I can remember them!! haha..or if you plan on coming to BA!) - Ate Indian food at Tandoor with Joanna and her 2 roomates Kate & Emily. Tried to go to the exclusive Shampoo Buenos Aires nightclub but got massively dissed- they told us that if we wanted to go to a big boliche that we should probably go to Asia de Cuba. Went to Club Lansky 2 times this weekend to dance to reggaeton - amazing. Went to Donata with Molly's parents, went to TGI Friday's after that for a 3 x 2 dessert special!!! Amazing. Went to Congo for about 5 minutes - they do have an amazing outdoor terrace with lots of seating. Finally ended up at Madeline last night, the 24 hour pizza place I have been dying to go to.
I am off to read more. I am going south to Bariloche next weekend with my program; I am really excited for a planned and paid for weekend trip!! I think it will be really fun and we have lots of plans to do cool outdoor adventures, hikes, etc.
Love & miss all of you and American food so much!! : ) xoxo
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