lots of things

i haven't posted much recently and thought i'd try to give a quick run down of the past couple weeks:

- those toe things i bought worked out well and i'm blister free now

- my spanish course at the university of buenos aires has 12 people in the class and we represent Japan, China, Korea, Turkey, India, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. so that's been fun.

- i went to a club that was supposedly going to play hip hop music and it turned out that it was a special night for a breakdance competition. i haven't exactly seen Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo but i'm pretty sure i lived it that night. while it was all portenos doing the stuff (and they were very good), they were all decked out in early 80s hip hop apparel like bucket hats and sleeveless t shirts. funny stuff.

- our friends Luis and Katie took the three of us out to a sleepy little town in the Pampas called san antonio de areco. it's about a two hour drive northwest from buenos aires. after a delicious lunch, we headed to a museum about gauchos and visited an artist known for his depiction of that lifestyle. along with the sterling company, it made for a highly pleasant trip. the picture is the bridge that crosses the river in town (we had to cross it to get to the gaucho museum). this picture is off the town's website but when we went it was clear and beautiful and windy. i don't have any of those pictures from the girls yet. sorry.