I think I could actually get into this blogging idea! And I finally have pictures for you (although I haven't yet snuck around the house taking pictures of everything, but I will soon!)
I did take some pictures of my room yesterday:
Yesterday morning my host mom took me for a brief tour of our "barrio" which is called "Caballito," or for the non-Spanish speakers, little horse. Its in the geographic center of the city, and its a standard middle-class barrio, but it does have two very large parks (one actually has a museum of natural history inside the park and the other has a book fair every day). While we were walking around my host mom was telling me all about the city-wide elections that they're having next Sunday and the country-wide ones on August 14th. Since voting is obligatory in Argentina, the people are much more politically aware and there are signs all over the city for the two candidates (its a run-off election). At the major crosswalk in our barrio there were these two on opposing corners.
Then in the afternoon I met up with my program for a walking tour around the central, touristy part of the city. We started in Plaza de Mayo which is the center of Argentine government, with the Casa Rosada (their version of the White House), the national cathedral, and the home to political demonstration during the Guerra Sucia. We also visited San Telmo, the barrio famous for being the headquarters of the tango!
The National Cathedral
A View of the Plaza de Mayo with the Casa Rosada in the background
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