As usual Olga woke us up at 7:30am even if she knows we only have afternoon classes. After eating our crakers for breakfast we took the subway to go to Palermo with Elia. The Palermo neighbourhood comprises several parks, stores and restaurants. It reminded me la rue St-Denis but everything opens only at noon and then closes for most of the afternoon for the siesta. After school we headed back to Palermo to visit el museo de Arte Decorativo. The open hours seemed to have changed since the last time we checked on their website so we couldn't get in. The same thing happened when we wanted to visit the Museo of Arte Latinamericano de Buenos Aires. Argentineans seem to randomly change their open hours so you often end up going to some places and realize ... read more

We visited a neighbourhood called Palermo on Tuesday morning with our Italian-Swiss housemate. (who's also pretty cute haha) C'est un quartier avec des restaurants et magasins qui ressemble à la rue St-Denis mais hispanophone. On a ensuite sorti avec les autres étudiants de la famille pour feter le départ de l'Italien Suisse. On habite présentement avec une Brazilienne (Julia.. ou Juliana. Je ne suis pas certaine), une anglaise-sudafricaine (Daisy), un allemand suisse (Davide), un autre Brazilien (Gabriel). Et une canadienne russe et une canadienne francaise! :) ... read more

Enfin la plage!!! :) Tout le monde nous trouvait folles de passer 12 heures en autobus juste pour aller à la plage (5-6 heures aller et retour) mais ca l'a fallu la peine. Sauf peut-etre pour les coups de soleil qui ont été douloureux pour quelques jours.... We went to the beach for half of the day. It was really nice to fall asleep under the heat of the sun, but we were constantly avoken by the saleemes of any kind, selling swimsuits, mate, sunglasses, gold chains, some kind of a wistle that is supposed to be like a bird but is extremely annoying, icecream and empanadas, and anything else you can think of. Stef was brave enough to go into the water. For me the water was too cold, even after overheating on the beach. ... read more

Balade dans le quartier la boca. On est allé avec un étudiant suisse-francais de la classe d'Elena. On était bien contente qu'il soit avec nous parce que c'est un quartier ou il faut seulement rester dans la partie touristique. C'est un quartier qui est devenu hyper touristique grâce aux facades colorées des maisons. C'est aussi un quartier pauvre de Buenos Aires, d'ou l'importance de rester dans la zone touristique. Initially we were planning to visit the modern museum but on location found out that it was under renovation, so instead we followed south passing Russian Orthodox church and finally reaching la Boca. La Boca was created by the settlement of italian immigrants. Its a pretty neat place with tango dancers of every restaurant patio and multitude of little shops. Getting there was the most interesting part ... read more

On a commencé notre journée en visitant le jardin japonais de Buenos Aires. (D'ou les personages japonais en carton!). Elena almost got attacked by a bird while she was trying to take a picture. I have no idea what kind of bird it was but at one point it started to make really weird sounds and moving its beak quickly. (still while moving towards Elena) I doubt she's going to take any more pictures of birds. Does anyone know what kind of bird it is? (see picture) Apres les cours on a pris le mauvais chemin et on a visité la Plaza de Mayo une deuxième fois. On a ensuite fait un tour a la plaza San Martin. (Un parc avec une tour. voir photo) The way to the Japanese Gardens would pretty much describe all ... read more