Week 4

As the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end.” We are living that saying this week. However in the typical fashion of our group, we have made the most of every moment. In between studying for Spanish tests and writing midterms, we filled our time with the sights, sounds, and smells of Buenos Aires and the surrounding areas. On Friday, we took the seatless train to Tigre, a sleepy little suburb on the Rio. We relaxed at a restaurant along the canal and then were free to explore before our return to the city. On Saturday, a group of eight of us notched another country under our belt, Uruguay. We took the ultra-fast, luxurious Buquebus across the Rio to Colonia del Sacramento. Colonia was a town built during the 1700s and 1800s, and has maintained the old town feel in their historic district. The day was spent exploring the aged cobblestone streets and shops, and bonding through café’s watching the sunset in an outdoor café. Not to be outdone by its neighbor to the north, Argentina offered us its own version of the slow life on Sunday. We traveled two hours into the countryside to Estancia Cinacina in San Antonio de Areco to experience the Gaucho way of life. It was a day filled with horses, comida asada, and of course, mate. The final weekdays in Buenos Aires were filled with the places people wanted to see before they left: Puerto Madero, Floralis Generica, etc. They were also filled with times of reflection of the great time that has been had in our short month spent in Argentina. Even with our hearts still in Buenos Aires, we must continue our journey in Chile. It is a bittersweet moment, we must say adios, no, only ciao, to the people and places we have come to love in this great South American city. But ahead of us, we have a whole new adventure, a whole new country.