Well, I was really excited about the trip. I had all these errands to run and I made a list of the things I had to pack, and I even stayed home from school on the monday before the trip to make sure everything got done.
Jorge and Cheli (my host parents) both went with my to the bus terminal and they sayed there with me until I got on the bus, even though there were lots of other people there who could have looked after me. I thought it was really sweet. Luca (friend), Roree (exchange friend from Califonia) and Graciela (3rd host mom) also came to see us off! I was so happy to see all of them. I love that Graciela has made an effort to be a part of my life this whole year, even though I haven´t been living with her.
The bus trip was really nice!
(I think I wrote this because it was nice to see all the people from the South trip; 12 hour bus reides are never "really nice")
We got to Cordoba in the morning and did a tour of the sity. I had already seen most of what they showed us because I went to Cordoba with my first host family, but it was nice to have another view of the city because it is just beautiful. The buildings are all in an older style; there´s actually a law now that if you want to remodel a building, you can´t modernize the outside. This means that the shopping mall in the center looks like a big old government building or museum and not like a mall at all.
April 29 - Today we arrived in Medoza. The hotel is gorgeous; at least on the outside! The rooms have awkward turquoise bed covers and the water was freezing when I took my shower. One of the best things about the hotel? We found a little mama cat with four kittens living on the roof outsife our window. I stole some ham from breakfast andwe fed it to her. We took a tour of the city and went to a beautiful park wth fountains, trails to walk on and a big lake. We also went walking up alittle mountain to see a statue of General San Martin who, as some of you may remember, wanted to liberate all of South America from Spanish colonization. He achieved at the very least Argentina and Chile and all over Argentina, he´s comemorated with statues of himpointing west toward the cordillera de los Andes which he had to cross to getto Chile. He points west in every single statue without fail... except the one we climbed to see in Mendoza where he is on horseback with his arms crossed, contemplating how to cross the Andes, whose formidable height is clearly in view.
What a badass, really. I mean, how incredible is it to have your legacy, your life´s work, commenerated so elegantly throughout an entire country?
2 comments:
Thanks Hannah
I like the story of the San Martin pointing west. Was he before Bolivar who liberated the north?
neal
Yep, San Martin was born here in Suth Ameria, but was raised and educated in Spain. He decided however, that his life´s work would be to liberate al of South America, starting in the south. But he didn´t get all the way and Bolivar finished up
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