We want to share some new writings... Simon Emeric, from Austria, wrote a poem. Each verse starts saying "Si yo fuera..." (If I were...) using the past tense of the subjunctive. Here it is: “Si yo fuera presidente de Argentina, yo abogarÃa por los argentinos. Si yo fuera un argentino, yo tendrÃa piel morena y ojos [...]
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Ricardo (from Brazil) sent me this recipe. He and other students from Brazil cooked it for all of us (teachers and students) last summer and I liked it a lot. Because of that I want to share it here... They cooked it without bacon because some of us are vegetarian. Feijao, pronounced fay-szong, is a [...]
We went to have dinner and enjoy a tango show at El Balcón, in San Telmo neighbourhood. El Balcón is on a first floor of a old house and from its balcony (balcón in Spanish), you can see Dorrego square. There are colourful paintings and faint light. The show was very good and, unlike most [...]
Today, 9th of July, is our Independence Day - 9 de Julio. Althought it is a holiday, we had classes at the school and celebrated it eating something typical of Argentina, a sweet potato cake. Establishing a free nation in 1816 was very important, but today another new also took a very important place in [...]
Peña is a meeting, like a celebration, where folk music is played, listened to and danced and where regional dishes are served.There are many different “peñas†in Buenos Aires and this is one of our favourites where we use to go together with our students.Famous musicians as well as new singers and groups play at [...]
Usually once a month students and teachers go to La Boca. La Boca is a neighborhood (barrio) of Buenos Aires. It is one of Buenos Aires's 47 barrios. La Boca is located in the city's south-east near its port. The barrio of Barracas is to the west; San Telmo and Puerto Madero are to the [...]
At least once a month we go to Café Tortoni and attend the tango show. Café Tortoni is probably the most famous Cafe in Buenos Aires. Founded in 1858, was originally owned by a french who named it after the famous café in the Boulevard des Italiens, in Paris. The original location was at the [...]
We discovered that many of our students are very good at writing poems in Spanish. Here I want to share some of the poems that they have written. This is a photo that Stephen took of his homework. Isn´t it lovely? Stephen loves taking photos and filming. I recommend you to visit his video of [...]
Hey all, I find myself back in Bariloche, deciding how to spend my remaining... let's see....18 days. Eighteen days!!! Unbelievable! After spending the better part of January using cozy, laid-back El Bolsón as a base and exploring the surrounding mountains, Bariloche seems big. Too big and touristy. Funny. After all the time spent in BsAs, [...]