So today I arrived in Cusco, Peru. It was a long ass bus ride with a 9 hour delay. It turns out that today a group of say 3 towns (i really have no idea how many people were involved, but it must of been A LOT) decided to have a "paro" or a strike/protest against a free trade agreement. Now most people who know me will probably realize that i ( Read more... )

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So, I officially started my backpacking trip on January 5th. So far we have gone to Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. Right now I am in Iguazu Falls, Argentina. Next on our juorney we will make a 26 hour bus ride to Salta, and then look for a bus to Bolivia. It´s kinda crazy that we´ve already started. In some ways it´s hard to believe. I ( Read more... )

About to print my paper, eat lunch and turn it in!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DONE WITH SCHOOL! WAHOOO! No more essay in Spanish!!!!

Oh, I must celebrate!!

on a sadder note, today is Abbey´s last day in Argentina. All my American friends are going home. It´s kinda sad because i don´t have that many argentine friends. and the ones i do have all work.

oh well.

Today is supossed to be an all day hard core study day so that Bridget and I can finish our papers and go to Mendoza. As usual, I am failing. However, I have done most of the research and have thought a great deal about what I will write and did an intro paragraph! I say that´s a good start to a 15 page paper that is due on Dec 19th!! If I didnt ( Read more... )

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i just sent out a bunch of postcards. and only to about half the people i promised... i might be a bad friend and not send them all out. =X but for those of you who i did mail this week, let me know when you get them. i hope its soon. the mail in argentina isnt that reliable, but they dont really have much of a reason to steal postcards... so yeah ( Read more... )

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Wow. It has been waaaay too long since the last time I updated. I have so much that I could say, but I don´t know where to start. I mean, there is the entire month of October to talk about. My trip to Bolivia. Finals. The all-nighter I pulled last night to finish a ten page spanish paper. And now I am about to die. lol. I guess out of it all, the ( Read more... )

It is October. When did that happen? I do not know. But I find myself somehow in the same place as I was a month ago. My spanish is far from good, classes? study? What does that mean. I think I might fail all of my classes considering that I fail at understanding lectures and doing my reading and I have at least half of my midterms and finals in ( Read more... )