My Semester Abroad

So, life down here has been relatively uneventful in the past few weeks. That is, if writing papers, doing research and making presentations can be described as uneventful. I have been pretty successful in my school work these days. I wrote a 10 page paper in Spanish all by myself!

The only real adventure I've had of late was a trip with my program across the Rio de la Plata to Uruguay. We went to a small town called Colonia; it's a sweet little place which is a popular weekend destination for wealthy Argentines. It poured all day on Saturday, which put a damper on some of the activities, but Sunday was perfect blue skies. I was too scared to rent a moped — a combination of the rain and the cobblestone streets, the answer just seemed like a big no. I had some lovely typical Uruguayan meals; one of them was chivito, a type of fancy hamburger. The beefsteak was adorned with lettuce, tomato, cheese, ham and a fried egg. It was surprisingly delicious!

More exciting adventures are to come when my finals are over, and possibly even sooner when my boyfriend arrives.