Since last time, my life has continued on just the same. I've done lots of reading, and I can finally really feel my spanish improving. When I do find myself with some free time (or time when I should be doing homework, or maybe blogging) I go on a website and study spanish grammar. I've probably learned most of it once already, but it was so many years ago when I started at DU that I have forgotten a ton. I'm still taking my tango lessons, and swing dancing, but I have taken a little break with that because I got sick. The weather here still isn't great every day, but soon enough the cold days will be over!
This past weekend, I took a trip out of town with few friends, to the province of Córdoba, which is about a 10 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires. We went to see the city, but most importantly, we went to Oktoberfest in Villa General Belgrano. We had a lot of fun, and of course drank plenty of beer. I'm sure that it was nothing like the real Oktoberfest, but still, great times were had by all.
The next morning, we got up BRIGHT AND EARLY (even after all that beer) to get on a bus for another 2 hours to go paragliding. After a ton of miscommunications with the guy that was supposed to take us, we found out that it was too windy to go. We were a little bummed because the city of La Cumbre is where the world cup of paragliding is held (whatever that means) it sounded pretty neat, and we definitely had our hopes up. Since we went all the was to La Cumbre, we decided to find another adventure to pass our time, and went horseback riding through the mountains for nearly 3 hours. When I say through the mountains, I really mean mountains. Our horses were climbing, and our 12-year-old guide Santiago had to tell us to lean all the way forward, and put our feet back so we didn't fall of the horses. It was beautiful and a little terrifying all at the same time. I didn't take many photos because most of the time I had one hand on the reins and the other hand was holding on for dear life. Everyone made it out alive, with only some mind sunburns to show, and eventually we made it back to Buenos Aires.
This week is another exciting week for me because it is the start of a world theatre festival. Because of my class schedule, I have only seen one show so far, but I have tickets for plenty more! Tomorrow, I'm going to see 2 more. One from Buenos Aires, and one from Mozambique. In the coming week, I will see one from Belgium, a couple from Uruguay, Korea, France, Mexico and more. I'm excited to see the shows, and also to discover more theatres around town. When I went to the first show, I picked up some flyers for future shows, so maybe I can find my way back there again. After I see some more shows, I'll update my blog again (maybe before another month has passed).
Well, I think that's about all the new news I have. Plus, I have some more reading I would like to get done tonight. I'll write back soon!
