1. We walked around for 2 hours trying to find cell phones that were cheap but we walked to five different stores but they didn't have enough for our entire group and we all want the same company so its cheaper to communicate. We saw more of La Plata which is good but another day without phones is getting annoying. It's hard to meet up with our group and talk with our host moms about when we'll be home and such. Hopefully, we'll get them tomorrow.
2. I think I'm going to take a tango class. At a cultural center close to La Comisión you can sign up for classes in art, language, music, theater and most importantly, dance. We want to learn tango when we're in Argentina but even if I can't take tango I think it would be a good way to meet people too.
3. Ice cream is delicious. We stopped after class at una heladería and I had some sort of Dulce de Leche with peanuts and chocolate. It was wonderful (plus i miss peanuts/peanut butter especially so it was good to have some here).
4. People at La Comisión talked to us today about a program that they have called "Jovenes y Memoria" or "Youth and Memory." It sponsors a year long project for high school students of research into the disappeared from their region and helps them create a project to display their work. We watched an awesome documentary that showed incredible courage and curiosity in the students to investigate what happened with bodies that washed up on the shore in their town during the 1970s. It's really great to see young people so interested and involved in their country's history.
5. I talked tonight with Eli a little about politics and she is a Peronista (and thus, she supports Cristina Kirchner the current president of Argentina) through and through. I hate to say that I don't know much about the politics in Argentina but I'm excited to learn more seeing as they have an election in October for President.
That's it for now. More pictures later.
Love, Caroline
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