Day Trips

While in Argentina, I've gone on a couple day trips out of my city. Here are some of the pictures I took! :

So I didn't post these pics before, but this is the 

jam place!

People drinking coffee and eating toast and jam

Me and my host mom

Coffee, toast and 6 different flavors of jam

mmmmm.....

A little town 30 minutes from Mar Del Plata

My little cousins in the city Balcarce

Kids and parents biking 

to celebrate the arrival of Spring

A mini mountain!!!!!!

A beautiful road

(a good percentage of roads 

outside the city are not paved)

Flat, flat and more flat

White Flamingos!

My host mom and sister

Pictures of Mar Del Plata (Part 2)

My host mom (Adrianna), my host dad (Daniel) and me!

The Port in Mar del Plata

Sea lions taking a nap in the Port 

Sean lions and a dog taking a nap together

They're cuddling! 

Mmmm.......

Chocolate and Mango.. It was amazing

Beach by Downtown Mar del Plata

Sea wall

Colegio (School)

I know I haven't said much about school or how my school days work so I thought I'd explain my daily routine a little:


 Every day I get up at 6:20 and get ready for school. We leave the house at 7:20 and I car pool with two other girls. School starts at 7:45. We have 4 subjects every day and our first 3 classes are about an hour and fifteen minutes long while our last class is 45 minutes long. I'm in the science branch in my school. Even though I'm technically a science student, all of the students still have to take: Spanish class, Ethics Class, Philosophy,  Literature, Geography and History. Seeing I'm a science student, I also have Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Our academic classes end at 12:45. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have Basketball after school and on Fridays I have Yoga class and Art class. 


 I've been at school for a couple weeks now and I really like it! Mind you, I still don't understand most of what is said in class but by next semester I think I will be able to participate more. 

Book we're reading for Literature 

Literature Class. It was a beautiful day out 

so we ditched the class room and 

took to the grass instead

My Literature teacher. She is so nice! Seeing I don't understand, 

one day she came to class and gave me a chocolate bar saying,

"Here. Seeing you don't understand you can entertain yourself

by eating chocolate"

I officially love her. 

Some of my classmates reading

Our school yard

There are a lot of tress and pick-nick tables; I love it. 

Me and the chicas! 

Me and the chicos

hahaha... yeah they have graffiti on everything in the class rooms. 

The desks, chairs, walls, board, ceiling, everywhere.

Doodles one of the guys made to escape the boredom... 

Oh good old high school.

Most of the graffiti is lyrics of songs 

and half of them are english songs

We don't have a lot of money,

All we need is love...

- Free by Zack Brown Band

I recognized this one! 

I guess the students we're a little bored today...

Closest thing you can find to a doughnut in Argentina

Apparently, some things are universal 

Name tag that Macu made for me

Arte Joven

Last week was Arte Joven week. Like I explained before, it's a week where the students get to showcase their artistic capabilities: whether it be in art, music, dance or theater. There are also workshops that you have the option of going to. My favorite part of the week was listening to all the music performances. They were so awesome! I'll let you listen and see for yourself how awesome my week was!