Monday, October 28, 2013

Tigre

Last Friday, our group was lucky enough to have the opportunity to make a day trip to the delta. The place, Tigre, has a system of canals and areas that are only accessible by boat. It was a great time that was only marginally dampened by a small amount of rain. Here is a picture of the train station (which I had also never been to) that reminded me of the large train stations in Europe.

After a perilous and slightly moist excursion on a very loud boat, we ended up in a beautiful location that I unfortunately was too distracted to take pictures of. I did manage to get some pictures of the natural area behind our beautiful locale. Here is the boat ride:

And here is the lovely marshland (?) behind the place where most of our festivities took place. 
We had a nice meal, chatted and enjoyed the various amenities including hammocks and comfortable chairs. The others played volleyball while I watched (I still have no hand-eye coordination) and mostly enjoyed the experience of being outside of the city for a while. I'm mostly grateful because it's not something I would have necessarily chosen myself but I'm glad I got the experience to do. 









Thursday, October 24, 2013

Break

Our school had a break for a week. I haven't been posting (or doing much of anything else really) for a number of reasons. I haven't been feeling too well, The weather, blahblah excuses excuses. Anywho, here's a couple of pictures of things that I did over the break
what I did consisted largely of wandering around San Telmo, an older barrio of Buenos Aires, and meeting up with folks that I've met here in Buenos Aires. I also went out to a lot of language exchange meetings, which was fun other than the fact that I apparently annoyed my roommate by coming home late. Here is a picture of La Casa Rosada, Argentina's version of the White House 
I quite like it. It seems like I must have passed it 7 or 8 times last week on my random walking adventures with Argentinians. 

Now, the last stretch is beginning. We have tests and forums and presentations. I've emailed a guy about getting into the field of research for my thesis. There's a lot of reading to do. I'm sick and I don't know with what. Trying to get everything in order for my visa to India. Lots of stuff going on. 

Friday, October 11, 2013

Not doing things

So I've been in this whole phase of instead of wanting to do things...I want to not...do...things. But then I end up doing them and am grateful that I did. Some examples include: going out to a club with some Brazilian friends, starting to research my master's thesis, working out and, most recently, making pancakes for dinner. All of those things (except maybe the club night) had a beneficial effect on my life. So, I'm thinking I need to start dealing with my lack of motivation. Go go go!

It has finally gotten a bit warmer here, after a brief stint of rain, and I couldn't be more relieved. I have come to realize that my mood is probably completely dependent upon the presence of the sun. If it's there, I'm good. If not...well...ya know.

I finally decided to go to the most beautiful bookstore in Buenos Aires: "El Ateneo". This was part of my anti-not-doing-things effort and I think it was mostly successful. Here are the pictures I took














Oh, also I bought my ticket to India! That is I thing. And I did it.