Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 394

Last week, Griff and I made a trip to the hospital to check out his lungs and see if there was anything more that we could be doing to speed up his recovery. Now, don’t panic about just reading the word, "hospital", because a trip to a hospital is cheaper and easier than a trip to a private physician. We chose the quicker route of checking in to a private hospital, owned by the Brits. We were wrong in thinking that a British Hospital would have doctors that spoke English, and so I began my new career of Medical Translation. I must have done all right because Griff came out of the hospital with all ten finders and toes, no unnecessary amputations were a result of my translating. He did however, come out with a shiny ... read more

Nuff said! No class today, our profesora is gonna take us to a modern art museum and a japanese garden... Had the most amazing Steak ever last night. A place called Lo de Jesus. The most juicy, tender, tasty, perfectly cooked, mouthwatering lomo de bife with a perfect, 3 crowns-esque, mushroom sauce. My mouth died and went to heaven. Mmmmmm, mmm. Got a fairly early night, because I´d somehow managed to arrange myself a breakfast date at 10am, numpty that I am. Some girl I met in Floripa who I may have mentioned before. Unsurprisingly, I had no memory of what someone I met for about 2 minutes at a party on a beach over 2 weeks previously looked like, so I was quite worried I´d turn up and not even recognise the poor gal. To ... read more

San Telmo (For sure) Before I left home, I researched a way to get vaccines for less money as Nicole paid a whopping $400 for hers!! I found a place in BA, that administers the Yellow Fever Vaccine, free of charge. The hours are specific, but its free and the vaccine lasts 10 years, so I was down to get it. I didn´t know what to expect, so we took the train (this time we asked no one, and just went by the map), and we found it easily enough. The name of the place was something having to do with the sanitation of their borders (I was translating), so I guess they are so adamant about people not bringing diseases that they give anyone free shots. The whole thing took all of 5 minutes...I ... read more

Known to some as the "paris of south america", buenos aires (or the city of good air) has yet to disappoint.... i have been here for 3 weeks, and all is can say is...i love it here! home to the infamous "evita" peron, the iconic maradona, carlos gardel, and as many would argue, the cultural mecca of the continent - buenos aires has a ton to offer. the city was originally colonized by the spanish back in the 1500's, and still carries its initial European influences. it's situated next to the Rio de la Plata, the main water artery, separating it from Uruguay and originally providing trade access and the opportunity to eventually claim Independence from spain in 1816. composed of many distinct barrios, culture abounds..from a thriving nightlife, developed art & literary scene, gorgeous architectural ... read more

Well after I got done writing an email Monday about the wonderful weather we´ve been having, here goes yesterday. I get up to sweltering heat. I´m sweating. I take a shower and even before I get out of the bathroom, I´m sweating. The fan´s on full blast, still sweating. I wear shorts and a tank top and my tennis shoes so that I can walk to school. Thank goodness there are trees everywhere or I really would have burnt to a crisp. Get to school and of course we have the classroom with no air-conditioning. We have a fan, but then the electricity goes out for about 30 minutes. I know, I´m dying. Around 5pm, I start to notice the awful dullness of the flourescent lighting, which means that the sun disappeared. We end at 6, ... read more