ACA 2008. We are cool.

We love taking pictures, but a simple smile gets boring after a while. Entonces, our ACA group has come up with quite a few interesting photo ideas throughout the year.
One of my personal favorites is the "head shake" photo.
This is where you shake your head while buzzing your lips... The result is a very funny picture. haha....

The guys:Ladies:

Rio!

Our last ACA trip has come and gone :( Time has truly flown by.
The trip was amazing, one of the best. We spent a little less than a week enjoying the beaches, food, and sights of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and picked up a little Portuguese while we were at it **side note, Spanish is sooo much better than Portuguese**.
We took a city tour one day and saw where Carnival is held, the world largest sports stadium, a modern Catholic church, and a beautiful botanical garden. We also saw Cristo Redentor, and went up Pao de Azucar where we had panoramic views of the beaches and ocean...beautiful.
When we weren't touring we spent time tanning on the beach, drinking smoothies, and walking around the beach front and outdoor market.
We took hundreds of pictures, bronzed our skin, watched a scary movie and laughed more than should be legal. I am going to miss our ACA group so much, we all have so much fun together and get along really well. The trip was a great ending to an awesome year :) Only 6 more weeks of school left!

P.S. My lovely friend Trisha wrote a blog about our trip that is much more detailed and colorful. If you want to take a peek, here's the link...

http://lavidadetrisha.blogspot.com/2009/03/brasil-trip-2009.html

Spring Break Adventures!

Well, I'm back from my 10 day "spring break". I'm not totally sure why they refer to it in this way since it is, in fact, almost fall here in Argentina. But I suppose the name doesn't really matter much, us ACA were all excited to have break from school. The best part about my break was that my mom came down to travel with me! It was so fun, and definitely an adventure having her here.

Although we met up a few different times with some ACA friends, for the most part it was just me and her so that left me, the only spanish speaker, doing all of the arranging. It was REALLY great practice for me, and although I had a few issues along the way, we mostly got along really well :)
Yes! My spanish is getting better!!
We started out in Mar Del Plata where we met up with my friend Trisha. We stayed there for 3 days enjoying cafe shop hopping, and strolling the beach/town and enjoying all the great "sights".
We said goodbye to Trisha from there and mom and I headed on a dreadfully long bus ride down to Bariloche.



Bariloche is my favorite Argentinian city. It is located in the Lake District and is surrounded by beautiful lakes, mountians and adorable sweedish buildings. Oh, and did I mention that it is the Chocolate capital of the country. Perfect.
Mom and I stayed in an adorable apartment, and tasted chocolate all day long. It was amazing.
A few days after we got there we met up with two other friends, Emily and Laura. We all rented a car and drove two hours to a fun Hippie town and another lake.




A few days later we packed up and headed out on a 30 hour bus trip back to the school. It was definitely a loooong trip, but we made it back safely. Mom got to hang out at la UAP for a few days before she packed up again and headed home :(


Anyway, a very condensed version of an awesome break. It was so great having my mom down here, giving her a taste of my argentinian life. :) Only 65 more days left! I can't believe it!