¡Buenos días! After a fun party Saturday night at Lulis house with all the exchange students, my Sunday morning started around 10:00 am. We all went horse back riding and had a barbecue at a ranch called La Marca in Estancias del Pilar. As we all got there, we were divided into 3 groups so everyone could go on a trail ride at different times. I was in the second group, and as we waited, we mingled with all the students and enjoyed the gaucho playing the guitar and singing to us in Spanish. After about 45 minutes, it was my turn to go riding. My horses was named squirrel in Spanish, which is ardilla. We trotted among the beautiful scenery surrounding us. Matthew’s horse broke it’s ankle and fell over with Matthew on the horse! It was scary. For lunch, we all ate bbq sandwiches and had little slices of pizza. The meat here is so delicious! 🙂 After our day at the ranch, we all went to Nico’s neighborhood and played a game of soccer. Nico’s mom served mate, which is a very common drink in Argentina. As I’ve been here, I’ve realized that soccer is such a popular sport. At break, all the boys always play a friendly game of fútbol (soccer) together. We join in and play too.
I returned to Joaquina’s home around 7:30. For dinner, we had milanesa (breaded meat) with spinach and squash. We had a dessert called Choco Torta, which is cookies stacked with dulce de leche and cream cheese in the middle. ¡Es muy delicioso y rico! After an active day, I was extremely tired, so then I crashed and got a good night sleep.😊
-Liza
Today a lot of us went out to a farm to go horseback riding. We went on a trail that went past a lake that was beautiful. While we were at the farm for lunch we had asado, which is their meat for the barbecue. It was very good. After we went horseback riding we went to a gym that had an indoor soccer court. We played a few games of soccer and some of us tried to figure out how to do the aerial silks. While we were there one of the exchange students made some mate that we were able to try. After a while of playing soccer we went back home and had dinner. For dinner we had this mashed potatoes and meat that was almost like a pie. It was very good, and after dinner we went to bed.
–Mackenzie