It was a National Holiday in Argentina today to celebrate the anniversary of the Revolution. A few of us went to the Plaza de Mayo to hear President Kirchner's speech. Whilst we were there we thought the atmosphere was amazing and it was, as there were thousands of people, music, flags etc etc. However, we later found out that the Government had paid a lot of people to go so that President Kirchner looked popular! Once I found this out I realised that the atm...

This month I finally went to Boca Juniors` museum. The museum was state of the art, but it just really explained how successful Boca are and how much they have won! Although I have been inside the ground itself twice it was a bit strange being there without all the fans - it felt a bit like a ghost town!Polly and I went to a contemporary dance performance called Karo Vertical at the Centro Cultural de la Cooperacion, which was very good. The dancers made strong b...

On 12 May I went to Cordoba, another city in Argentina, with Polly, Leila and Clem for the weekend. Cordoba is a lovely city; it has the oldest Uni and the oldest Cathedral in Argentina. The architecture of these buildings is beautiful, and on the Friday we spent the morning just walking around/or having a drink outside around one of the Plazas. We also went to a small, but very good, art museum. As it was sunny we spent the afternoon in Parque Sarmiento. In the ...

Hi!I suppose all good things must come to an end and that end came today when Polly and I had to move back to the hostel. For a week and a half we had been living in an apartment that my parents stayed in when they visited me. Living in the apartment was great as we had our own space, were able to cook for people in a very nice kitchen (and things didn't go "missing" from the fridge!), have people round for drinks and we had our own bathroom, which ...

Hi!After a chilled day at the apartment sorting various things out Polly and I thought we'd check out the "refurbished" Truman Bar before heading to an outdoor dance festival called Southfest. I say "refurbished" because despite being closed for almost three weeks it hasn't changed one bit! We really couldn't see any difference in the place - maybe the staff just wanted a long holiday! As for the festival one word and one word only...