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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires March 9th 2006

Bonjour a tous! Apres un long silence, je vous resume un peu mes aventures... Vous m'excuserez pour l'absence de photo mais j'ai un probleme avec mon appareil et du coup je n'ai pas pu prendre de photo. Donc j'attends les photos des autres afin de mettre tout ca sur internet. Tous d'abord carnaval : Ce fut grandiose! Environ 30'000 personnes dans des gradins le long d'une avenue (Sambodromo) qui chantent a tue-tete la chanson de votre ecole de samba... ca donne les frissons! On a danse comme des malades dans nos costumes et a la fin de la parade qui dure environ 1h20, on etait tous trempe et creve mais heureux d'avoir pu participer. La veille, on a assiste au defile des 7 autres ecoles de samba (dont Vila Isabel, la gagnante cette annee) de 21h ... read more
Carnaval
Rolling Stones
Igazu

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 8th 2006

Well, this is my first blog entry. I´ve been here for almost a month and have been meaning to set this thing up since I arrived. I´m in an internet cafe about a block from my apartment, but I hope to get internet in my apartment soon. It will be a lot easier to upload pictures then and write entries when I´m actually thinking about something. More to come . . . ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 8th 2006

The University I´m studying at, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, specializes in social sciences and is modeled off U.S. liberal arts schools. It´s pretty expensive by Argentine standards (like a U.S. private school is) but with US dollars, it´s relatively cheap. The school is less than 20 years old and only has one PhD program, but lots of masters programs. Most are two years, part-time, but the Masters in Finance is only a year-long, which is why I chose it, since it allows me to leave here with a degree. Plus, I don´t know anything about finance and it´s econ-related. Many of the profressors got their degrees in the U.S., so the teaching style and expectations are similar to U.S. universities. My classes started on Monday. The masters programs meet at night because most of the students ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 7th 2006

Bueno ya paso tanto tiempo no se ni donde empezar. Oh wait, English, right. I am getting them mixed up more and more as the days roll by. Why, last night with Marcelo the three of us were jabbering away in English and Spanish so interchangeably that the waiter didn’t know where the heck we were from. Anyway, what I wanted to say was: So much time has passed by that I don’t even know where to start. School will start tomorrow, (Monday March 13th) and so today we just relaxed and went to a weekend fair and cultural museum. (Same one as last weekend). I suppose the easiest and most efficient way to do this is in sections. Here we go, COUNTRY CLUB Last weekend Lindsay and I paid 90 pesos each and arrived promptly ... read more
silly swimmers
lunch
the babes

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 7th 2006

We´ve finally got out of Brazil safely and arrived in Bueno Aires (BA) in a luxurious business class coach. The seat allows u to recline to almost horizontal and they provide water and coffee at all times. Dinner is inclusive and is served in pretty classy restaurant, the kind with waiters dressed in shirt and vest. We had a 3 course meal with free flow of soft drinks, beer, wine and champagne! After dinner, the bus captain (or shld I say the bus steward) served sweets and liquor. We were joking that maybe breakfast will be served in the morning, and the next thing when we woke up, the bus captain came with trays of snacks and coffee. Cool huh? Oh yes, we must also thank the 2 kind souls from the States whom we met ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 7th 2006

My god, I want you to all know what I am doing for you. Pictures take so long to upload. I have spent the hour just uploading the ones on the three new entries I have just posted. Well, lets get down to business shall we? I have to confess, this writting an online journal is a little tough. Of course I am not inspired to write on a computer. I am especially uninspired to write at a computer in an internet cafe. Its hot in there and you are surrounded by a bunch of raging hormonal boys playing video games. Instead of writting at the internet cafe I write in my room, parks, cafes, and anywhere I am inspired to do so. Yesterday I was inspired to write in a food court waiting for the ... read more
my house
these two are cute
crane

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires March 7th 2006

So here I sit. In BA pissed off at my freakin bank and the moron that I call a personal banker for not telling me to call the folks at security for my VISA. Jesus H. Christ, when I asked her before I left if there was anything that I needed to do before leaving for South America so that my card will work, she said, No it will be fine. BAH!!!!! So now I really need to just say that I will be pulling my money out of First Horizon as soon as I get back to The States. Anyone else know a good bank? Yeah, sure you are sitting there reading this blog hoping that it will take you to far off lands and adventures but now I am just ranting about my bank. ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 7th 2006

Went to explore more of Bueno Aires today. Visited a cathedral, some parks and some plazas with statues of generals or pioneer of something. The most exciting part was that we saw many police officers, camera crew and reporters along a street as they wait for a protest against some legislation that was just passed down (I guess). BA gives me a very European feeling with their european style architecture, statues and sidewalk cafes. Bump into a shopping street. Goodness! The things here are so cheap (eg, we each bought a set of bikini that costs S$4.50 haha) But but but.... I can´t shop anymore cos I can´t stuff more things into my bag. So irritating when I see something that I like but yet I can´t buy. Now wondering if I shld change my return ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 6th 2006

I am sitting in an ultra fancy food court in an ultra fancy movie theater in an ultra fancy neighborhood, Recoleta. Perhaps you remember me mentioning that in my barrio there are very few trees. I think they took all of the trees alloted to my neighborhood and squeezed them into Recoleta thinking maybe no one would notice....well someone did notice. Not only did she notice that they have a massive amount of trees but she also noticed that the absurdity of the amount of trees was enhanced when someone planted little shrubs around the base of the trees......THAT IS DOUBLING THE TREE COUNT! I will not complain The sun is beating down on this day, the second day of fall....it is determined to turn me into a scrambled lizzz. Yeah, get this fall comes earlier ... read more
dance dance REVOLUTION
recoleta

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires March 6th 2006

If this thing has worked properly then everyone should have got an email alert that the site has been updated. If you´re looking at this and you know me but, didn´t get an alert mail, send me a mail at i.carmichael@ekit.com and I´ll add you to the list for future updates. Had a slightly more interesting week this week. I signed up for one more week at school. I´m learnng lots, speaking little more and probably understanding a bit more of the spoken word too- all good. I have spent hours trapesing around book shops trying to find The Lonely Planet´s guide book to South America to help me through my travels over the next few months on this continent. When I finally found a copy (the Holy Grail as it is now known) they wanted ... read more




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