que bárbaro

this is me and alex, being brave souls and dancing the tango at a milonga.

midterms are over (already!)

which means that after this weekend in BA, we go to rio! i know absolutley nothing about rio de janiero, except that they do not speak either of the 1.5 languages that i do. that, and beth thorne and i are going to get a diamond adpi pic in front of the big statue of jesus.

kinda like this adpi pic in front of the cathedral in la plata-->

i'm really looking forward to this weekend to get to explore the city--i live in barrio norte, which is part of recoleta. the biggest parts of the city are san telmo (the old, historic city), la boca (not a very nice part of town, but famous for its brightly painted houses), retiro (where the rich moved), recoleta (famous for the cemetary), puerto madero (the docks, new and shiny), palermo (the new, trendy part of the city), the microcentro and congreso (where the goverment and business district are). on the to do list this weekend are la feria (the fair) in san telmo, the cemetary in recoleta, shopping in palermo, and just walking around!

i've been putting up a lot of pics of where we've been going, so here are some of all of the awesome people on this trip--
this is in acabar, a great bar in palermo. they have lots of board games that you can play--it's one of our favorite spots. we came here on tuesday to celebrate austin's birthday (he's the one on everyone's lap). from left to right, alicia, natalie, stephen (yes, he always looks this way in pictures, he swears he's having a good time :) ), sruti, jonathan, me, alex, madeline, and abigail.

this is some of the best grafitti in the world in uruguay--beth, andrea, alicia, sruti, and caroline.


besos, ellen