Hola from Rosario

Now we´re in an internet spot in the center of Rosario (about 4 hours north of B.A.), just relaxing until it´s time to catch the bus to Mendoza, which is 11 hours away, and closer to the western coast of Argentina. Since the last post, we continued to explore Buenos Aires for a few days, checking out some of the larger art museums and going to a theater performance. Going to the play was kind of a tricky thing to enjoy for me, since it was all in spanish of course, and I´m still learning very basic vocab and conjugation. It´s coming to me here and there, however. Brittany is my primary Spanish instructor, and she´s been a wonderful help, to be sure. I can now ask directions and for information from people, but when it comes to the response all I can do is hope to catch the name of a street, hope that the person I´ve asked is a particularly gifted pointer. Despite not being able to communicate a thought both interesting and complete to any of the local inhabitants, most everyone in Buenos Aires and here in Rosario seem really nice and friendly.


So far the time here has been just what I wanted. The weather is so, so good--my favorite.. 80s and 90s in the day, 70s and 80s in the night--perfect! The days are sweaty and sunny, and yesterday we got matching sunburns on the balcenario, the river beach here in Rosario. And last night I awoke suddenly to grenades in the hostel stairwell, but it was just the echo of thunder from a huge storm that rolled in after we went to sleep, bringing the warm rain and humidity. I turned over and slept soundly with that reminder of home.
With our days and nights we do lots and lots of walking around, for food (mostly delicious, cheap, delicious steak for me) and drink(Fanta!), for taking pictures, for sightseeing and for troubleseeking. We sit in parks, we read and she writes and draws. Our short term plans don´t usually extend into the future more than 24 hours, which I think is great. However at this time, we do have a destination. We´ve agreed to work on an organic farm for at least 2 weeks starting on Jan. 15. The farm´s located near the west coast of the country about halfway down its length. I think it will be in the mountains. With any luck we´ll get there on time, having gained some fun times and newly captured experiences.

Here are some more pictures. Hopefully I´ll be able to post more (that are more interesting) soon.