Things continue to go well and we are still very busy. I apologize for the lack of blogs but we honestly wake up early and do not ever get home before midnight. Currently, Jen, Don, Bryan and I all live about an hour cab ride (on a good day) from Miriam’s house, where we meet each morning. So basically any free time we might have is spent in a cab or remis (safer version of a cab.) That is why I decided to take some pictures of a typical ride and post them on snapfish yesterday.
I move to Miriam’s house today and am looking forward to being in a centralized location in order to avoid spending upto 2.5 hours in a cab each day.
The past couple of days have been spent wandering through the streets, a museum, some cathedrals, a cute town called San Isidrio and giving presentations to Rotary Clubs. I am now getting to the point with my part of the presentation where I can almost remember it by heart, despite the fact that it is in Spanish.
It seems that there have been many protests in the city this week. Apparently, they are very common and we learned there are actually people who get paid for a living to be picketers. This has made cab rides really slow and cab drivers pretty ticked off. Going on strike is definitely the thing to do around here.
Wednesday, we went to a coastal town of San Isidrio where we had lunch and walked through the Cathedral. We took a tour of the delta region where all of the houses are only accessible by boat, yet you could do everything you could do in a normal community on land. There was an ambulance boat, a grocery boat, and pretty much a boat for everything you might need. You simply put a flag up on your dock when you want a particular boat to stop during its daily rounds. It seemed like it would be a great place to get away to for the weekend if you lived in B.A. Later we went to the horse races which were quite posh and fun to see. Next we went to a art exhibition of the Rotary club where the District Governor and the President of a university spoke. The day finished off with a nice dinner (and some wine) with our team! Fun times!
Yesterday, we had a breath of fresh air when we met with a group of “World Peace Scholars” also sponsored by Rotary. They are individuals who have been selected to study for two years (paid by Rotary) around areas that will help with world peace such as mediation, etc. It sounds like an incredible experience. If you are interested in applying to the program, check out the rotary.org website and search for World Peace Scholarships. We especially liked the lunch that the group set up for us where we had a chance to talk to them and learn about their program and get new perspectives on Buenos Aires. After the lunch, one of the scholars from Virginia, Leah, took us to her house so we could see what a typical (nice) apartment in B.A. looks like. We also road the bus for the first time and lived to tell about it. 
No, actually, it wasn’t bad at all.
Tomorrow morning we have our big presentation at the district conference. After we finish with the presentation, we have to run to catch a plane to the world famous Iguazu waterfalls (cataratas) on the Argentine/Brazil border. We are really looking forward to our trip as well as some time as just our group (without escort.) Look forward to some gorgeous pictures of the falls and a complete report when we return!
Cheers!
Alecia
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