This week in La Plata was a pretty normal week—it really feels normal living here now. And of course, now that I’m all settled, I only have about six weeks left! bummer, but I’m still determined to make the best of the time that I’m still here.
This week, we finished up our last Comisión class. It was a great class on Indigenous Rights and the Environment—I think my favorite class here. We watched a couple documentaries on the soy industry here and the loss of indigenous lands to large international agriculture businesses and turned in an easy final assignment on Thursday. I just have to finish one more assignment for the Comisión (hopefully by tonight!) and finish my university class. However, in the university class that I am taking, the professor had a heart attack (he’s doing well now though) and might not be giving any more classes. So I might be just about done with my school work here, with six weeks to spare. I’m looking into taking a few trips and I just bought a ticket to Salta & Tucuman in the northwest part of the country for the end of June. I’m trying to work Mendoza (wine country) and Santiago, Chile into the next couple weeks too.
The other big thing we did this week was a rugby game on Saturday. We watched the Argentine Pumas (the national team) beat the French Barbarians in a stadium
just outside of Buenos Aires. It was cold but lots of fun, and it definitelymade me miss playing rugby.
The rest of the week was filled with drinking mate with friends and hanging out with the family. I’m happy to be finishing classes with so much time to spare here and I’m excited to see more of the country.
I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the sunshine!
Love, Caroline
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