Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Buenos Aires: esta vez con Michelle

And while the family left on Sunday (Easter) to go home, I stayed in Buenos Aries to explore some more.
Sunday I went to the Zoo with Michelle. After going to zoos in other countries, they are never the same in the US with all their animal safety policies and visitor safety policies. There were children running around feeding all of the animals. If the animal came close enough to the closure they had no problem with you petting it. There were even some animals they just let run around the zoo without enclosures. Kind of like squirrels in the US except these were a lot bigger than squirrels.




The Mara Patagonica that we also saw in patagonia but i thought it was a rabbit 












The SUBTE was pretty cool and a lot less sketchy than I thought it would be






Found this amazing Peruvian restaurant on a side street!




The struggle getting home, with every flight delayed or canceled
And make it back I did, 4 hours late but, story of Argentina. And after two easy days of class, and on to the weekend. Which after traveling so much, I did take a chill weekend, and did my homework. I think school is about to pick up the pace though - I have some full weeks and tests coming up.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Patagonia: El fin del mundo

Back to school for two days, and back to exploring the country - this time Patagonia: El Calafate y Ushuaia

A very different landscape



Crampons

The whisky they served in the middle of the glacier, just for fun


Ushuaia





Fall is coming

Monday, April 8, 2013

Las cataratas de Iguazu

Well it has been quite a while since I have updated, and I have done quite a few things so this will just be one of several posts about my fun adventures with the family and beyond.
But pictures are more interesting than words so:



Not letting the raccoon like thing steal the backpack



Teaching mom "selfies"






And the baby who sat next to me on the plane ride. He really liked giving me hugs. 
And that was Iguazu