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, [...]
Luis and I went from Villa General Belgrano to Alta Gracia. In our way from Villa General Belgrano Alta Gracia, considered World Heritage, is a city located in the north-centre of the province of Córdoba, situated at 35 kilometres from the capital city of Córdoba. Its name means "High Grace". It is built upon the [...]
Che amigos, Matt, Ruth, and I took the 130km. drive down to El Bolson on Monday, and what a spectacular drive it was! This leg of Ruta 40 winds through massive mountain peaks and thick forest, passing several glacial lakes and pristine rivers. The roadside was adorned with the omnipresent, bright-yellow Scotch Broom interspersed with [...]
At the end of December 2007, Luis and me went to Villa General Belgrano. Villa general Belgrano, , a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants, is located about 800 km from Buenos Aires (8 hours by bus or by car), 87 km away from the Provincial Capital City (Córdoba city) and 110 km away from [...]
Since I have made a post about Bartolo, the school´s cat, he became quite popular among the students. Unfortunately, he is not that social. After his breakfast at 7 or 7:30 pm, he uses to leaving the school to visit his friends in the neighbourhood and comes back in the evening for supper. Or he [...]
In December 25 th, Laura, one of our teachers, left Buenos Aires to move to Amsterdam. The weekend before we organized a bye bye party in my apartment. Many of the students and teachers joined the party and was good fun. Â And I went to visit Laura at her house the day before her departure. [...]
Greetings, Â Â Â I'm enjoying another beautiful day here in Bariloche. I caught the bus headed out on the Circuito Chico, and got off 17km. from town at Cerro Campanario, where they have a lift to the top and what National Geographic deemed one of the top ten views in the world. (At least according to [...]