It's been a month since my last blog and the reason for this is that not a great deal has changed in the last month. Mendozian life continues much as it always has though with considerably more layers being worn as it's winter over here. That's the problem with living in what is essentially a desert, it's scorching hot in the summer and absolutely freezing in the winter, we've re-named our room the ice box as we are utterly convinced it's a couple of degrees cold...

Due to immigration law we're only allowed to stay in Argentina for 3 months at one time. Therefore at the end of our third month it was necessary for us to visit Chile for a few days to get our passports stamped and to ensure we were staying in Argentina legally. However, since we were going to Chile we decided to make a proper trip of it and spend a week in the country firstly on the coast in Vina del Mar (to the west of Santiago) and secondly in the city of San...

Ok this blog has been a long time coming and it may not follow quite so chronologically as the previous ones so bare with me! The last thing I wrote on the blog was about us finding out about a Spanish course at the University so I'll start with that. Ultimately I have decided that although the course would be useful I'd rather invest my funds in seeing more of the country so I'm going to study at home whilst Ben takes the course. However, through him meeting n...

We started work!!! It's a miracle. Friday was our first day and a bit of an eye opener in terms of wealth disparity in this country. Up to this point we've spent the majority of the time either in the city, which is commercial, busy and fairly wealthy, or at the rugby club where all the players seem well off. The institute is about a 40 minute bus journey away in an area that I really wouldn't want to be in on my own. They have an armed guard letting people in an...

It's been forever since my last post so I'll try and make this worth the read, though I've probably forgotten some of the stuff that's happened in the last 11 days! Work wise we now know what we're doing and we've decided to work with a charity foundation called CONIN, and also prepare lessons and teach English in a private institution. CONIN is a childrens charity that provides medical help and rehabilitation classes/workshops to malnourished kids and their pare...