Apart Hotel Cabillo Stes Club Buenos Aires

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We had to head back to the hotel after this because we were meeting everyone at 2.30 as we were off to the football. We went to see San Lorenzo play against Independiate at the San Lorenzo stadium. Just before we got off the bus our guide told us that the ghetto behind the stadium is the biggest and most dangerous ghetto in Buenos Aires and two gangs from Peru and Paraguay fight for control of drugs in that ghetto. So he told us under no uncertain terms that we were to stick to ...

We have spent the last 5 days exploring Buenos Aires on foot. It is a very cool city with many personalities, each barrio (suburb) has its own distinct style and people. We are staying in a hostel called the Art House Hostel in San Telmo, a place well known for its Antiques Fair on Sundays and the Antique shops that line the streets. My trusted friend the lonely planet promised “cobbled streets and aging mansions” and at first I thought I had been deceived but after a little ...

I hate goodbyes. Luckily the argentinians aren't very sentimental people, so I survived. I'm so used to being here now that it feels odd to be leaving the country... sometimes I think I am a bit too good at adjusting, I should be missing home!!!

After the north trip we came home to Córdoba without problems. During the trip we had written a list of things we still had to do or see there, so it was just to start checking off the different things :) For example:

We ...

... disappeared. I noted across the street was a brand new armoured truck with a water cannon. There didn't seem to be a need for such a device but it was still early I guess. We headed home on the Subte.

Jody's Story
Today was Independence Day, so we didn't have any Spanish lessons. We had the whole day off, so today we went to the cathedral. At the cathedral we went on a GIGANTIC Boat. It was one of those pirate ship ones. It had cannons and everything on it. After ...

... zijn naar de kapper geweest en onze benen laten waxen, tenminste de helft van ons. Tevens lekker gegeten in een soort van lounge cafe, vegetarisch zijn is hier geen ziekte, in tegenstelling tot de rest van dit vleesland. De reden dat ik dit prietpraatje zit op te kalken is eigenlijk alleen maar om weer een extra pin op de kaart ...

... with.. shopppers. Felt very European and was great to soak it all in. We went back to the hostel and had our free Tango class, which sadly EVERY girl in the hostel joined in with too (and 3 of the boyfiends who got dragged there). The room was too cramped and once again (as any dance class I have been to in the last few years, I was paired up with a woman) Judy and I swung each other around and bumped into people adn objects left right and centre for about 40 mins ...

... me that whilst I could run from crime, I couldn´t hide... yet still manage to miraculously evade being a victim. This subject was brought sharply into focus again just a few days later.

Having selected an otherwise nondescript hostel in the heart of Bs As, I spent a further weekend living to excess which, together with my experiences in Rio, cemented a 10-day period that is as close to a rock`n´roll lifestyle as I think I´ll achieve (this is actually a poor comparison ...

... der Fahrlaessigkeit machen musste, dass ich schlecht ausgeruestet und planlos in Argentinien lande. Aber jetzt ist doch das meiste im Rucksack was ich brauche und die Planlosigkeit ist ja doch immer wieder die beste Vorbereitung. Am 30. Jaenner bin ich zu frueher Stunde aufgebrochen. Flug nach London und dort vier nette Tage mit dem Benjy verbracht. London kommt fast zum erliegen, weil 10 Zentimeter Schnee gefallen sind, ploetzlich sind ...

... killed on Animal Planet in Africa (gazelles I think they are celled). Lots of interesting things at this zoo. The biggest hippos I've ever seen - actually I don't know if I've ever seen a hippo.
After a long day at the zoo we went to a bar called Dubliners near our house. We had some great beers and got some appetizers. It's so nice and relaxing to just sit on the streets of Buenos Aires and people watch. That night we decided to make ...

... completely have in Spanish (extensive vocab, anyone?) Gramatically, the class is right down my alley- we dont waste time going over grammar that we all already know- and instead focus on more technical things where people usually make mistakes. For example, adverbial constructions (there are about 50 was of saying ´however/although´in spanish!!)- when to/not to use subjunctive with them and prepositional phrases this week. HOWEVER, speaking in class is ...