Bus to Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

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April 5th 2007
To Mar del Plata Because of Holy Week, we had no classes Thursday afternoon or Friday. In keeping with the solemnity of Easter week, we decided to go to Mar del Plata, a beach resort town. Since summer is just ending down here, Holy Week is kind of like Labor Day Weekend, one last hurrah before winter. The news said that 200,000 Argentinians descended on Mar del P ... read more

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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