I’m sorry that I haven’t blogged in so long! After several weeks of trying at classes I think I’ve finally decided what I’m going to take: Contemporary Argentine Film, Urban Politics and the theme for my Spanish class is Popular Argentine Music. I’ve continued to do a little bit of sight seeing the last couple of weeks. The other weekend I went to El Museo of Bellas Artes (Museum of Beautiful Art) which probably has the largest art collection out of all the museums in BA. There was a large variety of the type of the art there from Renaissance art to modern art. I preferred the modern art part and the exhibits that featured two Argentine artists. I also went to the weekend fair in neighborhood in San Telmo. The fair was huge and consisted of booth-lined streets selling types of souvenirs and antiques. There were also people dancing tango and we stopped to watch a couple who were absolutely beautiful dancers. I will definitely be going back sometime soon!
This past weekend I went to Puerto Iguazu to visit the incredible Iguazu waterfalls. The bus ride was about 18 hours, most of which I was able to sleep through. We arrived around midday and took the local bus to our hostel. The town of Puerto Iguazu is a rather sleepy town. The hostel we stayed out was great and popular among young travelers. There we meet up with a bunch of other people who were staying at the same hostel. The first day we sat around the pool and relaxed. Lauren and I also went on a walk through a nearby sanctuary of some sorts. That night we went to dinner in the town at a restaurant called Tio Quierdo which was absolutely amazing. I had chicken and beef skewers with onions and red peppers with chimichurri sauce, the first chimichurri sauce I’ve had since coming to Argentina! The next day we woke up early around 7 to get an early start on our day at the falls. There are several paths to take to see the enormous waterfalls so we decided to start on the upper circuit. From there you are above part of the falls and have an amazing panoramic views of the rest. We then went to the Devil’s Throat which is where the biggest waterfalls break over cliff. The view was absolutely break-taking and almost unbelievable. Afterwards we went down to the lower circuit to get another view of the falls. There we took a boat ride underneath part of the falls. We all got soaking wet but it was extremely fun and exhilarating to be right under the falls. It’s hard to describe these incredible falls, basically they’re one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I will try to steal pictures from someone to post soon!
That night we had great asado (barbeque) at the hostel for dinner. The day after Lauren and I returned to the park before we returned to BA. We went on a hike through the jungle until we reached a beautiful, small waterfall. It was nice and sunny so we laid on a rock and soaked up the sun and the mist of the waterfall. On the way back we saw an adorable family of monkey climbing through the trees! The weather was great that day so we sat around the pool at the hostel and then caught the bus back to BA that night. All in all it was an absolutely amazing and relaxing trip and a great break from the bustling city! I promise I will be better about posting more often from now on!
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