San Antonio de Areco

Our Group of BC high students took a trip about an hour away in the province of Buenos Aires, to a place called San Antonio de Areco. After waking up the first day, the first thing I noticed from this place was the horses and the distinct smell. It was terrible, then BOOM it hit me: grass field and muddy shoes. San Antonio was a farm country. We finally got to our spot and it was a nice cozy home next to some horses. It was really beautiful and wonderful. Once when we got to the house, we found the most adorable kitten. Immediately, the two youngest members of group jumped right on the cat and treated it like any other 16 year would: with so much care it was ridiculous. During this trip we got the chance to finally ride some horses. The riding was the fun part, but some of the horses thought that eating grass would be the best part of our little adventure around the farm. After the horse riding was done, we had an amazing lunch, including a dessert. The people of this great establishment made some amazing asado (BBQ) and their dessert was always a pleasure to take in and eat up. After this amazing lunch, we played some nice touch football and went into the pueblo where everyone literally knew each other. We took a nice tour and we may have found the best chocolate place ever built in humanity. It made Willy Wonka look like a child. We enter this place and all we smell is chocolate everywhere and as soon as we say "hola" they ask, "Oh would you like a sample of chocolate?" and we ate it up. We all met the man who made these delicious treats and bought what we needed. The next day, we went out to ride some horses again (I did not though because my sleeping habits are bad - but that's a different story!). From many reliable sources, though, the ride went well and was fun. Half-way through the day we got to see a horse rider do some tricks with his horse and we saw how close the relationship between him and his horse is. We took pictures and we as always drank our tea. Right after this, there was another show. This time it was a dancing show similar to what we saw in Salta of the traditional dancing of the Argentinian people. The dancing was really fun and later they included us in the festivities. We got the chance to dance with them and have some fun making each other look like fools! Later that night, we ate some more amazing dinner and we had some good times talking about what impacted us during the trip and what we found to be pretty fun. It was a deep conversation that brought us closer together. On the last day of this wonderful trip, we slept in for awhile, did what we needed to do, and had our goodbyes. After our hour long trip to Buenos Aires, we were greeted with the open arms of our host families.

Hasta luego,

Carlos

La Casa Rosada

A few of the BC High students were fortunate enough to visit the place where the president of Argentina works.









La Casa Rosada, translated to "The Pink House," has similarities and differences to our White House. For example, the biggest difference between the two is the amount of security. Entering the Pink House was so much easier than I expected. The lack of security astonished me.









However, the similarity between the two is in the importance of the buildings. Both buildings hold a tremendous amount of significance to its people. The people of the country look up to Casa Rosada the same way people from the US look at the White House.









They view this place as a place of honor and prestige. The people have confidence in whoever is in office; the same as Americans have in their president.

Hasta luego,

MacArthur