Dad is coming to visit me tomorrow! I figured I better do another blog before he gets here before he gets here and we do all sorts of other fun things for me to write about!
Since our dorm doesn't have a kitchen for us to use i often end up getting comida rapida, but pictured here are all the ingredients for guacamole sandwiches that i made. They were delicious and it was nice to prepare my own food. Next year I will be living in a house with some of classmates at Whitworth and I look forward to having a place to prepare food for myself.
In Argentina their are a number of soccer teams, but the largest rivalry by far is between River Plate and Boca Juniors. A few weeks ago Jordon and I went to a Boca Juniors game (vs. another team called San Lorenzo), which was great! We were sitting in El Popular AKA the cheap seats and it was very exciting watching Boca win 2 to 0. The stadium was bursting with passionate fans chanting and jumping and flags waving all over. One particularly large sign was draped across a section of fans and read "no hicimos amistades" "we don't make friends" which was a good summary of the policy concerning the opposing fans. Our section was directly below the fan section for the opposing fans, in addition to very crude shouting matches this also meant that throughout the match i was obliged to wear my rain jacket because the fans from the other team were almost continually spitting on our section.
Another picture is of a very pretty park (with the bridge) i went running at in Palermo last weekend. Palermo is a very nice part of town and the park is extremely runner friendly. There is a sort of track that runs around it and on the weekends all the roads around the park are also closed. Also the park is exactly 1 mile in circumference so it was easy to track my progress. There are also a number of plazas and parks a little closer to my dorm which aren't quite as nice but i have enjoyed playing soccer and even rugby at with my friends from the dorm.
The picture of me and Batman was taken at the annual Buenos Aires book fair. This was a huge event that Jordon and I went to. It definitely lives up to its name as there were ALOT of books in a huge building. It was apparently extra large this year for the bicentennial of Argentina's independence which is being celebrated all year.
Happy Mother's day mom!
