Weekend in el campo

This weekend I went on a "cultural excursion" with my program. We went to a town called San Antonio de Areco to view traditional argentine cultures. I did not bring my camera because I was feeling lazy, but i will try to post photos that friends took soon. I think I ate an entire cow this weekend, and as most of you know, this is a big feat for a recent vegetarian. But it was delicious. I at meat empanadas (which is ground beef in a bread pocket), choripan (chorizo, pork sausage, in a sandwich) and lots of parilla (which is steak). I think they fed us every three hours. We also watched (and later learned) traditional argentine dancing, rode horses on a ranch, and watched traditional argentine sports that are on horse. The town and ranch we went to were pretty touristy but they show a pretty traditional way of life. It was nice to get out of the city and hang out with people on the program, but coming back into the city really felt like coming home.

I am entering my last week before classes start and david bluestone is coming to visit. I am very excited to be in this city with him but extremely nervous about starting classes. This will have been my shortest summer ever. The idea of taking a full semester all in spanish is very intimidating.

Today I went to a street fair in a neighborhood called san telmo. It happens every sunday and they close off about 20 blocks on this one road. The square in san telmo is all antique booths and then along the street are various artists (jewlery, clothing, paintings...). So many people go, probably thousands, because almost all stores are closed on sundays. I ran into a few people I know, which made me feel like i know people here...strange feeling.

I guess thats all for now