the student common room

Goodbye Buenos Aires hello Patagonia

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May 8th 2011
We have left the busy City of BA behind us, having received our certificates on Friday to confirm our 80 hours Spanish completed! We went out for a meal to celebrate on Friday night with Eric and Claudia, our classmates of 4 weeks (we were the only 4 left from the original 8!!). Finally had the Argentinian Steak I've been waiting for - it was amazing and washed down with a very tasty Argen ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » Viedma

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more