Whoa...

Whoa it's been a long time since I have updated my ever so boring blog! But it is better then writing in my journal... which has not been updated in an even longer amount of time...


The parentals were here for 18 days. They left
yesterday. And I am now back to my lonely boring lifestyle of not knowing what to do with my life most days. However while they were here we did some very memorable things, including
stuff that I had not even done yet. We ventured to the MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano
Buenos Aires), La Feria de Mataderos, which is all about the campos or countryside and the cowboys who live there. It was very entertaining, I got a cow horn ring! Woot! How many people have those in the states? And we went to Uruguay.

Uruguay was great, we went to Colonia de Sacramento, I have officially been to ten other countries outside the U.S., and it was a great escape from the city. If you started to cross the street cars actually stopped for you as opposed to honking or simply running you over. We had a great time, it wasn't too bad out. Mom and I went on a little shopping spree, oops. But I did get an amazing coat, backpack and a hoof mate. Haha, that one is a little funny. And then we rented a go kart! Woo-hoo! I hadn't driven for three months so that was rather interesting... Kept forgetting what a turn signal is, yet somehow we made it out alive and mom didn't have a heart attack from my horrible driving skills. Yay for going back to Iowa when there is snow on the ground and not having driven in over six months..... Uh-oh! Watch out!

While Mom and Skip were here we had some amazing meals!! I have never had such good steak in my entire life, and that's saying a lot, I am from Iowa. My favorite was Las Doritas which is a little place in Palermo. It is so popular that they built the same restaraunt kitty corner from the original. We ate in the original though, of course. And now I know to order entrana, or skirt steak. It's darn good, and problematic! I have eaten far too much meat, bread and dessert in the last few weeks.

This weekend CEA my study abroad program is taking us all to Mendoza, wine country! It should be a good time! We get to go there and drink some wine, tour some vineyards and go white water rafting!! Yay! Then the following weekend off to Cordoba with the roommates, then back for a weekend, then finals week, then down south, then I'm almost home. It's crazy. I'm on the downward slope of things. However no matter how much I love it here, I think I will be excited to go home!! Just not excited for the 12 hour plane ride to Atlanta then the plane ride to Chicago to get me there...