Just a quick link

Just a quick note...


Here's the link to one of my friend's blogs here. She made some gifs that reflect a lot of my same experiences. Very funny!


For those older people who are reading this blog and don't know what a gif is, it's basically a short animated movie, like 2 or 3 seconds long that are taken from movies etc and show a specific action or reaction. You can then comment on it saying what you're reaction would be. Just check it out and see what you think.


http://meoquerida.blogspot.com.ar/2013/10/my-life-through-gifs.html

Tigre Delta

Tigre is completely on water so their grocery stores and everything else is all on boats. 

 On our boat ride around the delta! 

You can rent boats and ride on the delta! 

The Asado! 

While walking around the market there were a bunch of fruits for sale but this stand was especially organized and pretty! 

Fresh honey was available for purchase at the feria. 

Rooftop from the Residencia! Such a great place to do homework while the sun goes down. 

Iguazú National Park

 We went to Puerto Iguazú for the weekend. It was a 2 hour flight, super easy. A relaxing quick getaway! The waterfalls were amazing--the mist alone got me soaked. 

We also visited El Hito de los Tres Fronteras where three countries boarder one river. Below is a picture of where they all meet. The far left is Paraguay, on the right is Brazil and the land that's in front is obviously Argentina. 

A Collection of Many Days

Sunday September 15th, 2013: In San Telmo they have a free penitentiary museum that depicts what life was like for prisoners in the 18 and 19th century. Their living conditions, torture techniques etc. Very interesting. 

Below shows some of the weapons they used against inmates...ouch!

The graffiti here is insane! I was randomly walking down Sante Fe and came across this small shopping mall with an incredible amount of artwork on almost every part of the building. 

 

Monday September 16th, 2013: I was walking around one day after class not really wanting to go back to my apartment and found this cute little park right off Sante Fe Ave. 

Sante Fe Ave. would be like Newbury Street to Bostonians, so to find this nice quite place in the midst of the city was cool. I sat down on one of the benches, read, did homework and took a nice cat nap in the sun. Although it wasn't too long of a nap because I kept waking up, afraid that someone had taken my backpack from me.

Friday September 20th, 2013: La Boca's Art Museum

We visited a local artists house in La Boca which doubled as her studio. The sculptures were amazing, as was the house.

Here are a few of my favorites! Surprisingly some of her work was rather dark...take a look. 

 Asado at Scott's House!

In Argentinian culture, having an asado is an intricate part of the culture. It would be similar to the US version of a cookout but with a lot more dedication to cooking and preparing the meats. Argentinian's believe that one is born with the ability to cook an asado, the techniques cannot be learned, they have to be observed. It is also believed that only men are able to cook these feasts...I don't like that part. But cooking an asado requires one to stand in front of a grill for over 6 hours so I wouldn't like that too much either.

He bought about $400 pesos worth of meat, which would be equivalent to about $70 US, but the picture below is only half the meat he bought. The other half was already eaten by the time I snapped this pic.

Also, fun fact, the only ingredient used to cook this meat was salt. Nothing else. Argentinian's believe that their meat is so good it doesn't need any other spices, which is true. But, their meat also has a lot more fat in it, so that could have something to do with the taste...in my opinion.

La MALBA

Today Aline and I visited La Malba, the largest modern art museum of South America! 

The visiting exhibit focused on a very modernized Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama whose artwork is very centered around the idea of circles. There was a lot of information about her throughout the exhibit, but it was all in Spanish so I only picked up a few details about her opinions on each of the pieces. 

We got there about 3:30pm but the line was long so we had to wait in the rain for a bit. I was starving so walked across the street and picked up a really good sandwich! It was a medialuna with jamon y queso (ham and cheese) for 30 pesos, like $4 US. A medialuna is a type of croissant, that is shaped like half a moon, hence media (half), luna (moon). 

The trees that lined the entrance way to the museum were covered in poke-a-dot fabric. 

So I know I've seen this picture before but I have no idea why/where it comes from. I definitely know it's a famous one so I had to take a picture regardless of my lack of knowledge on it's significance. 

Self Portrait with Monkey and Parrot 1942 by Frida Kahlo 

Looked this painting up online...it's worth over $3 million. Wish a picture of it was.... 

Outside of the exhibit was a really cool bench. The end of it went all the way down the wall onto the lower level.  

Here are pictures of Yayoi Kusama's exhibit based on circles and poke-a-dots.

When you entered the museum you were given a sheet of stickers in the shape of circles...you were asked to create art with them wherever you saw it necessary. Most people chose to decorate themselves!

Here are some of her paintings. Most of the exhibit didn't focus on her paintings but more on her modern art. 

This was a room filled with the stickers same stickers we got when we first entered the museum. I'm not sure if these rooms were purely created by visitors, or if she set them up and people added to them. 

 

Part of the exhibit was this little room people walked into. You were allowed to go in with 4 people, for 10 seconds only. The guard outside would close the door and you'd be surrounded by these figures. There were no walls, only mirrors. 

Another part of her exhibit was a light show that you could walk through. There was a path way with mirrors on all four sides so it looked as though the lights went on forever.