Day 2 in BA

I really don't plan on updating the blog nearly this often, but since a lot is happening these first few days, I thought it would be justified to post today as well.

Our first day of classes at la Universidad de San Andres started this morning at 9am. Greg and I took the subway, which is just down the block from us. The subways seem to be very clean, but CROWDED! It made the NYC subways seem empty. I think it was one step down from the YouTube videos that show subway workers in Japan forcibly squeezing people through the doors in order to get them shut. The subway got to be so full that at a few stops none of the passengers could get on because we were all pressed together so tightly.

Our professor at the local university actually taught at Penn a few years ago, so she is a great asset for us here in Buenos Aires. We of course have our summer coordinator/Spanish teacher from Penn here with us as well. He is Dominican (which is fun for those of us who have lived in the DR), and is just a great, low-key guy. After a brief orientation and a few hours of Argentine history, we all went to lunch together followed by a city tour. We got home around 6:30pm, completely wiped out. We visited la Casa Rosada, Boca, San Telmo, the Cementerio de La Recoleta (where Eva Peron is buried), and a few other places.

Me at the famously painted houses of La Boca.

Jeff, me and Sheynna at La Boca.

This was cracking us up! Daniel and Sheynna both did a perfect modeling job. Daniels face makes me laugh just thinking about it!

Eva Peron's grave in the Cementerio de la Recoleta.

The iconic Buenos Aires monument, el Obelisco.