tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67256992145874227432023-11-16T08:10:05.425-08:00My Sabbaticalchocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-14248024537704615272012-10-11T05:51:00.000-07:002013-01-13T06:53:26.558-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>October 11 – Mendoza</u></div>
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At
2:30 a.m. in the morning I woke up. I had a fever and a diarrhea
started (that explained my tiredness the evening before after a whole
spa day!).<br />
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In
the late morning I felt a little bit better, but I still had to go to
the toilet very often. So I stayed in bed while Christoph went alone
to the paragliding event. I was pissed off a lot because paragliding
was my suggestion and my main event in Mendoza but I couldn't go
there:-( I wasn't really satisfied with my health during my last
third of my sabbatical. I had just been well for about one week
before I got sick again.... That definitely had to change!!!!</div>
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For
breakfast I just had ½ toast and some tea. While Christoph was away,
I booked the next bus tour for the 3 of us (Ute, Christoph and me),
and then I was looking for a hostel in Salta. Christoph stayed away
form 9:00 to 11:00 and when he returned I actually didn't wanna know
anything about his flight. But he was full of enthusiam and had
bought a video of his flight too, so he showed me the main parts like
take off and landing and the highlights in between.
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In
the evening my diarrehea got better, but I still felt tired and had a
fever. We ordered a pizza for delivery but pizza in Argentina is not
tasty at all. It was more like a tasteless bread covered with some
ham and egg-crumbs. I ate a little bit, we stored the rest in the
fridge and then I was blogging and resting again. We went to bed at
23:30.
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Mendoza, Argentinien-32.890183 -68.8440498-33.103433 -69.166773299999988 -32.676933 -68.5213263tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-24050643836469329292012-10-10T05:36:00.000-07:002013-01-27T02:27:41.714-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">
<u>October 10 – Mendoza</u></div>
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That day Christoph and I spent
separately according to Mike's suggestion. Christoph took part in a
one day wine tour (nothing for me because I don't like wine except
ice wine) and I went to a hotel and spa place in the Andes, called
„Parque de Agua Termas Cacheuta“. My pick up was scheduled at 9
a.m., but just after finishing my morning toilet and packing I was
already picked up at 8:35. So I had to leave without breakfast. I was
the first one on the bus and more people were picked up. When
everybody was there our guide told us about the day's scheduled,
unfortunately in Spanish only. When I asked her to repeat it in
English she said (in Spanish) that I should ask in the hotel again
(there would be English-speaking staff...).
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At 10:00 a.m. we arrived at the spa
hotel: we paid first and that we were separated in 2 groups: one
group with Spanish-speaking guests and one with English-speaking
guests. We got some instructions and they showed us the spa place,
the changing rooms and explained how to use the hot pools and the
fango pack. Everything was included, even a lunch, we only had to pay
extra for our drinks at lunchtime.</div>
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After changing into my bikini and
bathrobe (the bathrobe was from the hotel too, I paid extra money for
it as well) I went to explore the area. Outside the building were
several hot pools that got hotter the higher their position was. I
wanted to start in the coldest one and working all my way up, but the
coldest hot pool was too cold for me and so I ended up sitting in the
hottest one first. Several of the guys who were on the same bus as I
was started in the hottest pool as well (the weather was pretty cold
for a spa day in the mountains but we all hoped the sun would come
out soon). I talked with some guys who were born in the UK and live
in Australia now. Then I spent some time in the cave sauna, tried the
fango treatment and were resting on a sun lounge and reading Fifty
Shades. From 13:00 to 14:30 I had lunch in the restaurant and
afterwards I was reading again. I had booked a massage for extra
money and got my back massaged. Later on I spent more time in the hot
pools, talking with a couple from the UK who was travelling for 6
months in South America.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my name plate:-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dessert buffet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bread buffet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the main buffet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">view from the lunchplace to the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the spa place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fango place: mud "well" and shower place</td></tr>
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Use the mud placed with water in the stone place, apply
it to your body, wait until it's dry and then take a shower and wash
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">relax area where food and drinks were provided now and then</td></tr>
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At 17:45 we were supposed to meet our
busdriver in the lobby. At 18:00 we were driven back to our hotels
and I was dropped off at our hostal at 19:00. Christoph was already
back from his wine tour (he was picked up at 9:30 and back at 17:00.
He had enjoyed it very much!). I felt very tired and after taking a
nap Christoph and I told us about our day, showed us the pictures we
had taken and went to bed at 23:00 (I was too tired to get up
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Mendoza, Argentinien-32.890183 -68.8440498-33.103433 -69.166773299999988 -32.676933 -68.5213263tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-43653734966981204722012-10-08T06:15:00.000-07:002012-12-31T09:17:19.333-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>October 8 - Mendoza</u></div>
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We were sleeping very long and had breakfast very late (from 11:30 to 12:00 => later wouldn't have been possible:-) ).<br />
Then I was blogging til 13:30 before our BBQ started. Christoph had been very keen on attending the hostal-organized BBQ and because our excursion schedule was full too we had 2 events on that day: BBQ around lunchtime and horsebackriding in the afternoon and evening.<br />
The BBQ was just great: very delicious meat, blood sausages and salad. We were standing in the garden of the hostal and talking with the other guys from the hostal. We met one Irish guy who had just finished a 5-day-riding trip in the Andes and a couple from Cologne, that spoke Spanish very well. <br />
At 16:00 Christoph and I were picked up by Diego for the riding trip. We felt very full and had no idea how to eat a 2nd BBQ later on after the riding....<br />
On the way to our starting point we picked up some more people, so in total we were 17: a group of 10 guys from Ireland, 3 from Australia, another couple from Germany and Christoph and I.<br />
When we arrived at the starting point each of us got his/her horse and then we started for a 2 hours riding trip in the 1st mountain range of the Andes. As we were told the Andes consists of 3 mountain ranges, the first one is the lowest and oldest part.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the horses were already waiting for us</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our group<br />
awaiting instructions from our guides</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our guides: X (I forgot his name:-)) and Diego</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and the Australian guys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mounting "my horse" Domingo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for the others to get ready</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">warming up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">feeling like in the "Marlboro Country"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Andes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">riding:-)</td></tr>
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We were riding each after the other one bounded by one guide at the beginning and one at the end of the group. After about one hour we could even gallop for a short distance: we were separated in groups of 5 and theses groups galloped a short distance together while all the other ones were waiting.<br />
My horse was called Domingo and compared to the other ones pretty nervous. He didn't like to be passed and couldn't stand still, but I liked riding him. <br />
Our tour was from 17:00 to 19:00 and then we arrived at our BBQ place. We dismounted our horses and then one Gaucho (= cowboy) joined the group of horses running back to their stables without riders. <br />
Then we had another delicious BBQ in a small cottage in the Andes. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">right after 2 BBQ's on one day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there was still some room for a dessert:-)</td></tr>
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After eating we were sitting together and first the gauchos played the guitar and sang folk-music for us. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diego playing the guitar for us</td></tr>
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Then the Irish guys sang English songs for us. It was a nice sitting, drinking and singing together. <br />
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At 23:30 we were droven back to our hostals and hotels by cars and one hour later Christoph and I were dropped off at our hostal. We were really tired and bedtime was finally at 1:15. </div>
chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Mendoza, Argentinien-32.890183 -68.8440498-33.1034305 -69.166773299999988 -32.6769355 -68.5213263tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-74284300585482373712012-10-07T05:26:00.000-07:002012-12-31T05:57:19.787-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>October 7 - Mendoza</u></div>
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We arrived at 9:50 a.m. (just 10 minutes later than scheduled) in Mendoza after a night with almost no sleep. </div>
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First thing we did was going to the touristinformation to ask for a map. I tried it in Spanish and I got what we needed: jippie:-)</div>
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From the bus station we walked to our hostal. The hostal was a recommodation from Ute and I had booked it in Buenos Aires on the internet. It was a family-owned and run hostel (Mike, a native English speaker and his wife Celeste from Argentina) did a really good job. </div>
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When we arrived at the hostel (after 10 minutes walking) we brushed our teeth first (in a public bathroom) and had breakfast afterwards. Then we were waiting in the lobby and reading the broschure with the recommended excursions. </div>
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At 12:00 we could check-in in our room for 2. </div>
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First we took a shower, and after a facial mask (just for me, not for Christoph:-) )</div>
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we took a nap and later and we planned our stay in Mendoza and the excursions and Mike and Celeste booked them for us.</div>
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It was one of the very seldom days in Mendoza when it was raining and so we were in no hurry to go out for sightseeing. We decided to have an early dinner in the town </div>
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Mendoza, Argentinien-32.890183 -68.8440498-33.103433 -69.166773299999988 -32.676933 -68.5213263tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-74222036267238775522012-10-04T06:37:00.000-07:002012-12-30T15:32:24.160-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>October 4 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I got up at 8:15 a.m. and from 9:00 a.m. on I was sitting in the lobby and waiting for Christoph. He landed at 7:30 a.m. and I didn't expect him before 9:00 a.m. He finally arrived at 10:00 a.m. by the recommended airport taxi and after taking his luggage to our room we first had breakfast together (the breakfast buffet closed at 10:30 a.m.). Christoph had just flown business class for the first time in his life and was full of enthusiam about it. He told me in detail about the good service and that he had had the chance to take a shower in the British Airways lounge when he was waiting for his connecting flight from London to Buenos Aires. Unfortunately there wasn't enought time for taking a shower but on the way back he planned to try it.<br />
After breakfast Christoph took a shower and at 11:30 a.m. our sightseeing program started. Before we went out of the hotel we booked a Tango Show for the evening. The show was recommended by the hotel and the receptionist booked it for us. We could chose between a candle light dinner plus show or just the show. We decided to book just the show because then we would be picked up later in the evening and would have more time for sightseeing in the city. We paid 120 USD per person (very expensive for Argentine matters. But we were told that the show would be great and worth every Dollar). I also asked the receptionist to clarify the dress code because I didn't have formal clothes with me. Fortunately jeans were ok!<br />
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First we walked from our hotel to the Retiro station to buy our South Pass tickets.<br />
We needed our passports, paid by credit card and got a backpack for free because South Pass was celebrating its 1st birthday! Then we were asked if they could take a picture of us with the new backpacks and publish it on facebook. We agreed and now we are "famous":-)<br />
From there we went to the starting point of the recommended Lonely Planet walking tour through the city:<br />
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Canadian Totem Pole at Plaza Salvador Maria del Carril</td></tr>
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<u>Kavanagh Building</u></div>
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By the time it was inaugurated in 1936, Kavanagh Building was the highest skyscraper in Latin America and the largest structure made of reinforced concrete in the world. This tower, in Rationalist style with austere lines, is 120m high and houses 105 apartments throughout its 32 floors. It was desiged by architects Gregorio Sanchez, Ernesto Largos and Luis Maria de la Torre, commissioned by Corina Kavanagh, a wealthy lady, resident of the city. The building has received numerous national and international awards. </div>
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<u>Marriott Plaza Hotel</u></div>
The Marriott Plaza Hotel is one of the most elegant hotels in BS AS. It dates from 1909 and its construction was commissioned by Ernesto Tornquist. Today, it belongs to his descendants. Designed by German architect Alfred Zucker and considered an avantgarde work at the time, the building features a strong influence of German Baroque architecture which has survived throughout its successive refurbishing and extensions. International celebrities from the arts, politics and sports have stayed at this hotel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christoph got his shoes cleaned by a Bolivian guy<br />
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Our lunch from 14:15 to 14:45 we had in the "Galerias Pacifico", a shopping mall that stands out because of its cupola and its frescos.<br />
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When we came out of the building we listened to some street musicians who played very well using just a few improvised instruments (I really must say that all the artistic talents in Argentina impressed me very much):<br />
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Then we continued with our Lonely Planet walking tour:<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><u>Avenida 9 de Julio</u></span></div>
<span style="color: black;">Avenida 9 de Julio is the widest avenue in the world. It is located in the city of </span><span style="color: black;">Buenos Aires</span><span style="color: black;">, </span><span style="color: black;">Argentina</span><span style="color: black;">. Its name honors </span><span style="color: black;">Argentina's Independence Day</span><span style="color: black;">, July 9, 1816.</span></div>
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<span id="goog_2113827920">The avenue runs roughly 1 kilometre to the west of the Río de la Plata waterfront, from the Retiro district in the north to Constitución station in the south. The avenue has up to seven lanes in each direction and is flanked on either side by parallel streets of two lanes each.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">garbage and/or "houses" of the poor<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teatro Colon<br />
Shows in there were too expensive and formal clothes mandatory<br />
=> we skipped a performance!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Obelisco = the Obelisk<br />
the symbol of Buenos Aires</td></tr>
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<u>The Obelisk</u></div>
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Designed by architect Alberto Prebisch, the obelisk is 67 m (220 feet) high and its base area is 49 square m (530 square feet). It was erected in May 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city, and in the years since has been the site of political and sports demonstrations.</div>
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Recently renovated and repainted in a off-white color, the obelisk is located in the center of the Plaza de la República, the spot where the Argentine flag was flown for the first time in Buenos Aires, at the intersection of Nueve de Julio and Corrientes avenues. </div>
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At Avenida de Mayo we finished our walking tour. While I was resting on a bench Christoph walked around and took pictures. It was already late and because I hadn't recovered completely from my cold we had to take several breaks and couldn't walk that fast during our tour. Both of us were tired and we decided to continue the next day.<br />
We walked back to our hotel, bought something to drink in a supermarket on the way back and ate dinner in the same restaurant as I had the day before.<br />
At 21:00 we returned to our hotel and then we were picked up for our "Gala Tango" show.<br />
We had only booked the show without dinner, but when we arrived, we were surprised that the drinks were also included. We got an aperitif, one bottle of red wine and sparkling wine at the end. We really liked the show and even bought the DVD. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christoph wearing formal and I informal:-)</td></tr>
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After the show Christoph and I were asked for a dance. We got a free lesson from professionals, lasting one song and I felt a little bit out of place in my jeans:-). Most of the audience declined the free lesson but when you are in Argentina you should dance Tango at least once (=> done!)<br />
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Later we were dropped off at our hotel again at 0:15 and bedtime was at 1:00. We were so tired!</div>
chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.381593100000032-34.8128077 -58.704316600000034 -34.394638699999994 -58.05886960000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-31403095718281851082012-10-03T19:08:00.000-07:002012-12-30T05:03:15.907-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>October 3 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I got up at 9:00 and left the house for the Embassy at 10:30. Before that I completed packing and talked with Romy, who cleans the house and helps Victoria with the cooking.<br />
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At 11:30 I reached the Embassy. When I rang the door bell I had to explain my request in Spanish. After entering I asked the woman behind the reception if she spoke English. She denied. The man sitting next to her spoke as much English as I speak Spanish:-) I had to fill in a form and we managed to communicate in broken English, Spanish and with the aid of my dictionary:-) It took me a while and after finishing the man showed me where the waiting room was. 6 people were lining up before me. When it was my turn the woman who issued my visa could speak a little English and again in a mixture of broken English and Spanish we managed to understand each other. I finally got my visa and left the Embassy at 12:30. I was kind of proud that I had learned at least as much Spanish that I would survive:-) Travelling around Argentina and Cuba could begin:-)<br />
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@Ramona: You don't have to worry anymore, now nothing should stand in the way of our common trip around Cuba :-)<br />
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At 13:30 I was back home and I spent the rest of the afternoon with blogging.<br />
At 17:00 Victoria and I shared a taxi (a guy from the neighbour she knows) to go to the city. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the only picture I took of my hostmother<br />
as I will always remeber her: standing in the kitchen<br />
and/or untwisting the cords her glasses are hanging on</td></tr>
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Victoria would fly to Uruguay for business and I would stay in a hotel waiting for Christoph to arrive and visiting the city together with him. After a short stop at Victoria's aunt's house and the French Embassy I was dropped off in front of the Arroyo Towers Hotel, which I had booked for a very good price on the internet.<br />
The hotel staff was really nice and helpful and I had a nice chat with the 2 guys. Once I was in my room I started blogging and wanted to watch some TV, but the internet connection was to slow for downloading a movie. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christoph's and my hotel room for the next 3 nights</td></tr>
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From 20:00 to 21:00 I went to a restaurant around the corner. That restaurant was recommended by the hotel clerk and was a place where local people go. I tried to order in Spanish and succeeded:-). <br />
When I returned I continued blogging and at 00:30 I went to bed. Unfortunately the bed was very uncomfortable, the pillows too thick and I couldn't find a cosy position. At around 01:30 I finally fell asleep but when I woke up the next morning I had a stiff neck and I had turned around completely in the bed at least once (in fact the bed looked like after a fight:-)). </div>
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<u>October 2 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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That morning it was raining like hell! I really needed to go to the Embassy but I didn't wanna get soaking wet and sitting like that in school for about 4 hours. So I asked Victoria to call the Embassy again, but still no answer!<br />
I busied myself with homework but I couldn't finish it up.<br />
From 14:00 to 18:00 I had my last private lessons with Angela and I learned about the Present Perfect, how to order ice cream and how to ask for directions (first lesson in level A14). I didn't really finish level A14 but I didn't care about it anymore...<br />
When Angela and I said goodbye we hugged each other and she gave me her email address. If I ever needed her help I should write her! (=> very nice!)<br />
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After classes I went home immediately. I arrived there at about 20:00 and had my last dinner with Aixa and Victoria. Victoria had cooked Gnocchis but she wasn't satisfied with the texture (too soft:-)).<br />
Then I went to my room, finished packing and wrote some emails. <br />
Around midnight I went to bed (my last night in "my room" was about to begin).chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-34.7082817 -58.5395216 -34.499164699999994 -58.223664600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-61747755263010362372012-10-01T17:54:00.000-07:002012-10-11T18:00:58.529-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<u>October 1 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I slept til 10:45, took a shower, inhaled ( I had gotten a special gadget from Victoria to inhale several times a day to get better soon) and packed some of my stuff.<br />
That morning Victoria tried to call the Cuban embassy for me. Even though she called several times during the official opening hours no one answered the phone. So I decided to go to the Embassy in person the next morning before school.<br />
At 12:25 I left the house. On the way to the school I mailed my postcards. The mailbox was in the souvenir shop where I had bought the postcard (not in a regular post office!:-)). I arrived at school at 14:50 and my private lessons lasted from 14:00 to 18:00. If I hadn't been sick in week 3 I would have finished classes on Friday but so I had still two more days at school. I was taught how to order correctly in a restaurant and how to talk about the time and how to use reflexive verbs. A listening comprehension related to the time was really frustrating: I didn't understand anything...<br />
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At 19:45 I was back home, searching the internet and finally had dinner with Victoria. She wanted to know how it was in Nepal and I could give her some tips about hiking boats and socks. When I told her about the outdoor fitter "Globetrotter" where I had bought all my stuff for Nepal she was impressed about the service! (She said that this would be a sign for a developed country!)<br />
After the dinner I did a free English test on the internet (just for fun) and went to bed at 01:45, but I couldn't fall asleep before 02:45.chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-34.7082817 -58.5395216 -34.499164699999994 -58.223664600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-46791848081399712542012-09-30T19:28:00.000-07:002012-10-11T17:45:01.722-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>September 30 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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At 9:45 my alarm clock rang. I just got up, turned on my computer and skyped with my parents and my sister from 10:00 to 11:30. Then I had a short chat with Christoph and I asked him if he would mind travelling from the aiport to our downtown hotel on his own (of course I would find out the safest and cheapest way how to get there). But because he would arrive at 7:30 in the morning and I still needed a lot of sleep and the early morning hours and late evening hours were still really cold in Buenos Aires I asked him that favour. He agreed (thank goodness) and I promised to let him know the best way the following day.</div>
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Then I took a shower, ate breakfast and at 13:20 I left the house for my first real sightseeing day. At 14:20 I arrived in the city (sooo fast!) and the first place I went was Plaza de Mayo. Here I took some pictures and then I saw that people were entering "Casa Rosada" where the office of the President of Argentina is. After a security check I could get inside too and figured out that everybody could take part in a guided tour. The tours started every 15 minutes and lasted 1 hour. In broken Spanish I asked if there would be a tour in English too. The woman who answered me that she would just speak a little English turned out to be my English tour guide later on. And her English was very good!!!</div>
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She guided the tour in Spanish and English and I was the only one who needed the English version:-) => very nice service, just to explain everything in English for only one person!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piramide de Mayo<br />
that obelisk was erected to celebrate the 1st<br />
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First room of the guided tour:</div>
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The 2nd room we visited was dedicated to Jose Hernandez, a bookwriter. The room was called "Sala Martin Fierro (=epic peom, written by Jose Hernandez):</div>
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the huge hands symbolize the hard working people and the<br />
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The next room we entered was "Salon de los Cientificos Argentinos del Bicentenario". Here pictures of Argentine nobel prize winners can be seen and the balcony facing Plaza de Mayo can be entered:</div>
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Presidents and the Argentina's national soccer team use <br />
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From the balcony we went to "Salon Eva Peron":</div>
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and a very important room for celebrations:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">painting on the ceiling:<br />
the woman breaking her chains symbolizes the <br />
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The actual entrance hall of Casa Rosada is full of busts (of former presidents):<br />
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The tour was from 15:00 to 16:00 and then I visited the street market on Defense Street from16:15 to 18:15. I walked along Defense street til Plaza Dorrego which is famous for its antique market and the free Tango shows on the place. Tango dancers show their skills and at the same time it is a kind of advertisement for their Tango lessons and a way to earn some extra money: after every dance the audiance is expected to donate some money!</div>
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The market is just on Sundays and most stalls sell handicrafts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">freshly squeezed orange juice could be bought everywhere</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">impressions of the market_2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more mate tea-cups</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">funny city tours:-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">impressions of the market_4</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elderly tango dancers on Plaza Dorrego</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and a younger and more sexier dancing couple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">amateurs dancing:-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">antique market on Plaza Dorrego</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">people going around and selling food and drinks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">woman selling food and drinks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought Alfajores: cookies filled with dulce de leche<br />
(= caramelized milk)<br />
very sweet and delicious:-)</td></tr>
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Defense Street is a street in the San Telmo district which was a district for the rich. Nowadays middle class people live there. The streets are narrow and mostly made of cobblestone, the houses are tall and everywhere you can find lots of antique stores. </div>
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At 20:00 I was back home. Victoria had just arrived before me and was a little bit in a hurry. So we had a quick dinner and after that I watched a corny movie again, as well as "Der Spreewaldkrimi" and "Tatort".</div>
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At 02:45 I went to bed, but I couldn't sleep that well. (I also started worrying about my visa for Cuba: So far I had sent 2 emails to the Cuban embassy to ask them if if it was possible to get a visa there and if yes, if I could just drop by to buy the visa or if I needed an appointment. But no answer so far...)</div>
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-34.7082817 -58.5395216 -34.499164699999994 -58.223664600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-46699887814116280172012-09-29T19:06:00.000-07:002012-10-13T18:13:26.579-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>September 29 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I slept very long: til 12:00:-)<br />
After showering and having a breakfast I did my homework in the garden. I had gotten so much homework that I worked for over 2 hours. I also learnt some vocabulary and reviewed all the grammar I had learnt so far.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">doing my homework in the garden<br />
there are worse places to work:-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">backside of the house and patio</td></tr>
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Then I cleaned my shoes (also in the garden) and wrote my postcards (from 17:00 to 19:00):<br />
So some of you guys can expect a postcard very soon!:-)<br />
Then I tried my first mate tea. Aixa was preparing some (she had to study a lot that day and made the tea to stay awake for a long time). I tried some and even though the tea tasted pretty bitter I liked it! (unfortunatey I didnt take a picture of the special mate cup and straw but I am sure that wasn't my last one).<br />
In the evening Aixa showed me how to use the oven and I just needed to warm up the Canelones, that Victoria had made for me (she had dinner outside and so I ate alone again).<br />
Later on I just wrote some emails and watched a little bit TV before I went to sleep at about midnight.<br />
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-34.7082817 -58.5395216 -34.499164699999994 -58.223664600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-87151809572392362982012-09-28T18:24:00.000-07:002012-10-07T18:59:31.219-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>September 28 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I got up at 10:30, did my homework, took a shower, ate breakfast and left the house at 12:25. That was the perfect time for travelling to school: almost no traffic jam and not that many people on the bus and on the metro. I arrived at school at 13:50 (it was my personal record to get to school that fast:-) ) and had private lessons from 14-18h again.<br />
Fridays is always the day when all students, who are leaving the school, get their certificate. Because I wasn't there at 13:00 I got my certificate from Angela and not as everybody else on the 6th floor with all the teachers and the study director present.<br />
Except of that we just continued with irregular verbs. On the way to and back from school I also took some pictures to record my daily way:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting out of the Subte Station Catedral</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">turning into Florida Street (main shopping street in BS AS)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of small kiosk-like stalls on Florida Street</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florida Street: always crowded</td></tr>
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Just from the outside the school didn't look that good:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">entrance door of my school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">facade of my school<br />
we had classes (including common room) on 6 levels</td></tr>
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But from the inside the school was nice and clean:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the entrance hall of my school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my class room with Angela</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angela's place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my private teacher Angela<br />
awarding me with my certificate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the way back to the station:<br />
every evening these guys were playing "Stairway to heaven"<br />
and some Guns N Roses songs<br />
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In the evening I had dinner alone (Victoria was watching TV but I didn't wanna join her) and later on I watched some TV on my PC too.<br />
At 2:00 a.m. I went to bed.</div>
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<u>September 27 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I slept very long that morning, took a shower, ate breakfast and lunch together and left the house at 12:10. The good thing about going to school that late was that I got a seat on the bus and on the metro as well.<br />
At school I had private lessons with Angela from 14-18h and she continued with level A13. In my opinion that whole level just consisted of irregular verbs (in the present tense). So it was a "lot of fun" to study all these verbs:-)<br />
After school I went back immediately. When I reached my "current home" it was about 20:00 and travelling 2 hours to school, having private lessons for 4 hours and then travelleing 2 hours back had been really enough for me. I was just tired and after a quick dinner and some TV on the internet and went to bed at around midnight.</div>
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<u>September 26 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I had gone back to school too early...<br />
After getting up at 6:15, taking a shower and having breakfast I didn't feel well at all. <br />
So I took my temperature and the fever thermometer showed 38.0°C. Even though it was hard for me I decided to call in sick again. I had just arranged to get extra private lessons to compensate the whole last week I couldn't go to school and now I needed to stay at home again. I wrote our really nice study director an email, saying that I would stay at home again and that from the next day on I would just take part in the extended private lessons. The morning lessons I would skip. So I wouldn't infect any of my classmates and my classmates (every second student was coughing and sneezing at that time) wouldn't reinfect me either. And 4 hours of private lessons per day were really enough... The study directore wrote me back that it wouldn't be a problem. My private teacher Angela would continue to teach me level A13 and A14 and we would see how far we could get.<br />
I went back to bed, dissatisfied with my health, and slept almost the whole day.<br />
In the evening I watched a little bit TV on my PC again before I went to back to sleep again..<br />
(These last days had all been about sleeping:-)).<br />
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<u>September 25 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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It was time to go back to school again!<br />
I got up at 6:15, left the house at 7:10 and arrived at school at 8:45. On the bus I felt a little bit dizzy and shaky because I had to stand all the time. The cold had worked me over a lot...<br />
When I arrived at school there was already a list hanging on the black board. It said that I would be in level A14. But I had missed the complete last week (leve A13) so I went up to the receptionist Milva and asked her about it. She sent me to the study director Gabriel (with whom I had exchanged a lot of emails during the last week because of my illness). He sent me back to level A13. So I had a new teacher (not Alfredo anymore). My new teacher's name was Mariel and the first guy I met in the classroom was Leo from Germany:-)<br />
After the new students had been sent to the classes it turned out that we were 9 students in total: that was a lot again, it was the maximum number that was allowed and in my opinion already too much. There were:<br />
2 Brazilians<br />
3 Swiss<br />
2 Germans<br />
1 American<br />
1 Englishwoman.<br />
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Mariel spoke Spanish all the time (Alfredo had explained a little more in English, but of course we were one level higher now) and sometimes it was tough to understand her work instructions. But somehow we all managed:-)<br />
At 13:00 I met Caro and Anne in the hallway (my former classmates). They were waiting for me while I confirmed my afternoon lessons with Gabriel. Then we (Anne, Caro, a woman from Brazil and a guy from London) went out for lunch together. <br />
From 14-16h I had private classes with Angela again and she started with level A14.<br />
I had discussed (via email) with Gabriel that I wanted to do level A13 in the morning and A14 in the afternoon because I was keen on finishing level A1 (A11-A14) before I would start travelling. So with Angela I learnt some vocabulary about cities and how to ask for the way (very helpful!)<br />
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After classes I talked to Gabriel again. I wanted to know if I could get a refund because I had missed one week of classes. He told me that they usually don't do refund but I could get another week with Spanish lessons. But upcoming week I would have to move (because my hostmother would be travelling to Uruguay) and on upcoming Thursday Christoph would be arriving.<br />
So Gabriel suggested to just take extra private lessons from the following day (Wednesday) to upcoming Tuesday. I agreed, so I would have private lessons from 14-18h from Wednesday to Tuesday.<br />
After our talk I went to Florida Street (main shopping street in BS AS) and was window shopping. I found a bookstore but unfortunately they only sold Fifty Shades part 3 in Spanish:-(. <br />
So I just bought some "Kinderüberraschung", something to drink and an ice cream.<br />
After I while I went back to the house but while I was waiting at the bus stop a very cold wind was blowing. I felt very cold even though I was wearing my fleece and my windproof jacket.<br />
A 19:10 I was back home and I was so exhausted that I took a nap from 19:15 - 20:45. Then Victoria called me for dinner. At 21:15 Victoria, Aixa and I had dinner together, at 22:30 I went to bed. I felt sick again and when I took my temperature the clinical thermometer showed 38.0°C again. Jippii:-(<br />
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<u>September 24 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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No school today (because it was a public holiday in Argentina).<br />
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I got up at 11:00, took a shower and then I searched the internet for a hotel for Christoph and me.<br />
I finally found a good and cheap one close to the bus station, from where we would start our trip around the North part of Argentina.<br />
Then I studied the bus map of Buenos Aires and tried to figure out the best way to get to the airport. That bus map is one of the most complicated I've ever seen. <br />
At that time I wasn't sure whether I should try to take a bus or ask for a radio taxi at the time I would go to the airport and pick up Christoph....<br />
After a very late breakfast (or lunch) at 14:30 I went to bed again and was dozing for about 30 minutes. <br />
Then I decided to walk to the nearest supermarket and buy some stuff.<br />
In the supermarket I was looking for special products from Argentina and I was surprised when I found out that most chocolate they were selling was from Europe: especially from Switzerland and Germany. And the prices were VERY expensive: a 100g chocolate bar of Lindt chocolate cost between 7 and 8 EUR! Wow!<br />
On the way to the supermarket 2 guys wanted to start a conversation with me but my Spanish was still too bad: My favourite sentence so far had been: No hablo espanol.<br />
When I returned from the supermarket I was sitting a little bit on the patio but after a while it was just too cold for sitting outside.<br />
So I went inside and from 17:10 to 18:00 Christoph and I were chatting. <br />
After that I skyped with Michi and then I continued blogging.<br />
Later on it was movie time again: zdf-mediathek: "Der Fall Jakob von Metzler".<br />
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<u>September 23 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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Another uneventful day...</div>
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I still felt sick and needed a rest...</div>
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So I skyped with Christoph at 11:25 for about 30 minutes.</div>
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Then I searched the internet and had lunch at 14:00 on the terrace in the garden. </div>
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After that I was emailing, reading my facebook notes and blogging.</div>
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At 18:15 Christoph and I tried to skype again for about 30 minutes but we were interrupted several times. Finally we gave up!</div>
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Later on I ate dinner alone and after that I watched a movie from the zdf-mediathek again: </div>
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that evening I enjoyed another corny movie: it seemed to be my corny movie week:-): <br />
Rosamunde Pilcher:-) and after that "tatort".</div>
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At 1 a.m I went to bed but there was a mosquito bothering me that I couldn't catch and kill:-( In addition I wasn't really tired, my back hurt and I couldn't stop coughing again </div>
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=> another almost sleepless night...</div>
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<u>September 22 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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Finally it got better. No fever anymore, only coughing and a stuffy nose were left.<br />
Directly after getting up I managed to skype with my mum for the first time during my sabbatical. She was at my sister's place and my sister connected us:-) <br />
After 2 hours with my mum I skyped 1.5 more hours with Christoph, before I finally got up, took a shower and ate a late brunch.<br />
Then I was sitting in the garden from 17:00 to 19:00, blogging and emailing.<br />
Later on Marina and I chatted again and then I ate dinner (Victoria wasn't that hungry and still cooking, so that time she didn't really join me).<br />
At about 22:00 Aixa (Victoria's daughter) showed me how to use the inhaler (Victoria had bought special liquid for me) and then I watched "Kommissarin Lucas" and "Tatort" on the internet.<br />
I was so rested that I didn't feel tired at all. <br />
Finally at 3 a.m. I was tired enough to go to sleep:-)<br />
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<u>September 21 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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My worst day... <br />
After sleeping long fever already started rising up early in the afternoon.<br />
After chatting a lot of nonsense with Marina (@Marina: we should forget about it, right?) I talked with Christoph via Skype but after a while I needed to end our call. I just wanted to sleep again, my headache didn't allow me to concentrate anymore and I had to push myself a lot to speak with my male and husky voice.<br />
I was feeling cold and asked for an additional blanket. After the fever had reached 38.7°C <br />
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I took a pill. (didn't wanna wait anymore...)<br />
Victoria was really nice and caring: she had texted her doctor about me. When the doctor called her back she advised her to get me to a hospital if my health hadn't improved after one week of sickness. There I should be x-rayed to exclude a serious illness (like pneumonia etc.). I asked to think about it. I didn't feel like lining up in a common hospital (maybe for hours) and being x-rayed isn't something I would do so easily...<br />
During dinner with Victoria I was sweating a lot, but then the fever was gone. <br />
I watched a little bit more TV on my PC before I went to sleep again.<br />
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<u>September 20 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
Still sick...<br />
Sleeping long, sitting a little bit in the garden (in the shade of course...) and doing nothing and writing some emails respectively.<br />
Then sleeping the rest of the day...<br />
Fever in the evening, taking a pill and watching corny movies via zdf-mediathek again<br />
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<u>September 19 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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After a night with almost no sleep I called in sick again and this time for the rest of the week.<br />
I asked the study director if it was possible to finish 2 levels at once in the upcoming week: level A13 in the morning with the group class and then level A14 (the last A1 level, A14 is followed by A21) in the afternoon with my private teacher. He agreed and promised to let my teachers know.<br />
So I could make sure, that my Spanish classes would end with "passing" the complete beginner's level.<br />
Laying down on my bed was still followed by "non-stop" coughing, so I decided to stay awake and write emails. There were a lot of emails that needed to be replied to and I also blogged and chatted with an old colleague from me via facebook (we hadn't been in touch for a long time and when I saw that he was online I started writing to him and we kept writing each other for a pretty long time:-)). It was nice to hear from him again...<br />
In the evening I downloaded some decetive stories on the internet (using zdf's mediathek, a German channel) and was watching them before and after dinner. <br />
During dinner I told my hostmother about my Japanese friend Yuki. She was curious how people from so completely different cultures could be so close friends:-). I also told her about the tsunami and radiation in Japan.<br />
Then I was watching "Der Alte", followed by "Kommissar Stolberg" and "SOKO" on my computer before I went to bed at 2 a.m.<br />
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P.S.: It had been raining the whole...</div>
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<u>September 18 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I was still sick. <br />
The only things I did that day were sleeping long, calling in sick, having a breakfast, resting, emailing, blogging, eating, resting, skyping with Christoph, blogging, and resting again:.-) So nothing really spectacular happened...The weather still matched my heath state: in the afternoon it started raining heavily and wouldn't stop for 2 days...<br />
In the evening I was so rested that I couldn't fall asleep and when finally I was tired enought the coughing started.<br />
I was coughing more or less the whole night, so my maximum of the sleep were about 3-4 hours in total...</div>
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<u>September 17 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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When my alarm clock rang at 6:15 I knew immediately that I wouldn't go to school today: I had a sore throat, all my limbs were aching and my headache was incredible. The only thing I did was setting my alarm clock for 8:30, then I got up and wrote an email to our study director just to let him know that I wouldn't make it to school that day. <br />
I pretty much slept the whole day, just got up for a late shower and something to eat and then went back to bed again. And the weather matched my health status: it was cloudy and really stormy the whole day!<br />
In the evening Victoria, Aixa and I had a short dinner. Victoria had made the Spätzle recipe I had translated for her and she tried one portion with water and one with mascarpone (she couldn't find sour cream, the common ingredients for spätzle, in the supermarket). We tried and for the two of us the recipe using mascarpone and adding milk, in case the dough hasn't the right texture, was the best one.<br />
After dinner I was so exhausted that I had to sleep one hour before I finally brushed my teeth at 22:00 and went to sleep immediately.</div>
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<u>September 16 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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I didn't sleep very well that night: first it was too hot, then I felt cold and I also suffered from a sore throat. When I finally took a pill it got a little bit better and I could sleep til 09:00. After taking a shower it took me a while to get dressed. Today was the soccer match: Boca Juniors vs Independiente and I had no idea what to wear. My teacher, my hostmother and the shop clerk who had sold me the ticket they had all warned me to go there without attracting attention. They said it would be the best not to carry any purses or backpacks and to wear the oldest and most grey clothes I had. I knew that the colors of Boca Juniors would be blue-yellow but I hadn't brought any t-shirts like this. Because I had no idea about the colors of Independiente I finally decided to wear my jeans, a black t-shirt and my fleece over it. Because I wasn't sure about my red scarf I decided to wear my "head" (from skiing) and fold it the way that only the black color could be seen. Then I only packed my voucher, 100 pesos + coins for the bus and a map into by belly-bag and hid it under my jeans and t-shirt. I hoped that this would be enough for the unlikely event I got lost or something went wrong and I had to take a taxi...<br />
After having a small breakfast (2 toasts with cream cheese) I was heading for the bus. I had no idea how often the buses run on a weekend, so I left at 10:30 to be at the pick-up point on time. The second I arrived at the bus stop my bus arrived. Because there was not so much traffic jam (Sunday) I was at the subway station pretty early and compared to my usual weekday trip to the school it took me less time. When I got off the bus I only had to wait 5 minutes for the subway and after 10 minutes I got off at Palermo station. The pick-up point was in front of the McDonalds and after coming out of the station I saw the McDonalds immediately on the other side of the street. I arrived there at 11:30 which meant that I had to wait 45 minutes to be picked up...<br />
While I was waiting I was asked for directions by 3 different people (=> I must look like a local:-) ). The only answer I could give each time was: "Perdon, hablo un poco espanol":-). <br />
At 12:10 I was joined by 2 other couples and the bus (an orange school bus:-) arrived on time. We were the 2nd stop and 2 others followed. When the bus was full (Ute and Remo got on at the last stop and Ute took a seat next to me) Paula, one of our 2 Spanish guides, explained in Spanish and Pado, the other guide, in English. The whole day would work like this: <br />
- first we would spend some time in a bar/restaurant and get some pizza and beer (included in the price). <br />
- Then we would get our tickets and go into the stadium where we would be in the standing area with the Boca Junior fans. Usual only members (fans of the club) can enter the stadion. So we got the membership cards of people who didn't attend the match that day. After passing the turnstiles we had to hand the cards back to Paula and she would give the membership cards back to the owner. Even though the transfer and the pizza and beer was included, we, the tourists, paid a lot for the admission and I think it was a good business for the guys:-) Anyway, once seeing a soccer match in Argentina was worth it:-) <br />
- We were also warned to stay under the roof because the fans of Independiente would be just above us and were famous for throwing things down on the fans of the opposing team.<br />
- After the match we had to wait until the Independiente fans would have left the stadium and then we would be allowed to leave.<br />
- Before we entered the stadium we were checked by security guys. All things that could be thrown at opposing fans would be seized. Especially the ladies who carried lipstick or perfume should be aware of that. If we wanted to keep our stuff we should put it in our shoes because there no one would look for it:-)<br />
- On the way there Pado and Paula had tried to teach us some typical Boca songs but my Spanish wasn't good enough to catch the words and repeat them:-( <br />
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At about 14:00 we arrived close to the Boca Stadium and walked to our restaurant. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the way to the Boca Stadium<br />
graffiti is so wonderful in Buenos Aires</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our group on the way to the stadium<br />
some in the colors of Boca Juniors<br />
(our teachers didn't recommend to visit the area around the stadium<br />
on our own...it is supposed to be dangerous...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Boca Stadium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me, unobtrusively, in front of the stadium:-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our restaurant</td></tr>
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There we were split into different groups and placed at tables from 4 to about 10. I took a seat next to a guy from Chile who told me almost his whole life. His mother was German (in the 2nd generation) and his father Italian. We spoke in English and he also told me that he was going to propose to his girlfriend. When I mentioned he shouldn't speak too loudly (because the girlfriend was sitting next to him) he just smiled and said that she couldn't speak English:-)<br />
Pado, our guide, came to our table and explained that actually it was illegal to drink or sell beer close to the stadium. Therefore he asked us to just wave him when we wanted to have some beer instead of calling loudly for it:-) It was really weird because there were several policemen sitting at tables next to us and the beer in our cups could be seen, but no one really cared about it:-) (For me it was no problem at all because I don't like beer. That fact amused the Chilean guy the most, that I am from Germany and don't like beer:-) He couldn't stop wondering about it:-) ).<br />
Suddenly the blinds of all windows and even though the blinds of the door were closed. I was wondering and asked my Chilean neighbour what was going on. He just said that the Indepentiente fans were passing and to avoid riots they made the Boca fans invisible.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the blinds went down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our guide Paula was the woman "in the middle" of the<br />
picture with the tattoo on her arm</td></tr>
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At 15:15 we went to the stadium. One guy of our group were standing close to a fence in front of our restaurant while the last Independiente fans were passing. I didn't really get what Paula told him but he got definitely crapped on:-)<br />
Passing the security wasn't really difficult. She just searched around my waist and in my jeans pockets and that was all.<br />
When we came up to our standing area the view was incredible. The stadium was really steep and the view and the sound effects were really good. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the view<br />
we were standing in that yellow fan area</td></tr>
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The match started at 16:20 and ended at 18:10. Boca Juniors defeated Independiente 2:1 (1:1).<br />
The atmosphere in the stadium was something special. Fans were singing almost the whole time, jumping a lot and being just passionate.<br />
Here are some impressions of the match:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the huge nails on the top of the fence didn't <br />
prevent people from climing over it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the net that should prevent Boca fans from being hit by<br />
things that were thrown down by the Independiente fans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">shortly before the kick-off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dear colleagues: Allianz is present everywhere!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we were really surprised by the half naked cheerleaders:<br />
upper part: everything was hidden<br />
bottom part: the butts could be seen almost completely:-)<br />
(just zoom it in:-))</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coke and water could be bought during the match<br />
incredible how the vendors managed to carry<br />
the bottles and cups through the crowd</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">during the match</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvBMemgulVHeJ2WjKcBfAcfIFW_Drp3boJ49YJxjmZ2q8DA57YcpRfXqJ2eyYLr_9mflakV74cIzNWGoxrxjF3eU4P_lu3EkspL4txxk3EAEi_vOC2P0BVd9F3VY0Nlgwiyg5fTaa4iQ/s1600/DSC07596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvBMemgulVHeJ2WjKcBfAcfIFW_Drp3boJ49YJxjmZ2q8DA57YcpRfXqJ2eyYLr_9mflakV74cIzNWGoxrxjF3eU4P_lu3EkspL4txxk3EAEi_vOC2P0BVd9F3VY0Nlgwiyg5fTaa4iQ/s320/DSC07596.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as I already mentioned: <br />
despite the nails fans were climbing over the fence to<br />
catch a better view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the match: lots of security were present on the grass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the match</td></tr>
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and some movies:<br />
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1) team Independiente coming into the stadium<br />
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2) shortly before the kick-off<br />
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3) fans were singing, jumping and cheering for their team like this almost non-stop. Just the people around me that were not singing and jumping were from our group:-)<br />
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4) and a little bit more of the incredible atmosphere<br />
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When the match was over we had to wait about 30 minutes, then we left the stadium and the bus was waiting for us almost in front of the exit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remo and I after the match in front of our typical school bus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">esculares omnibus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside the bus:<br />
Pado wearing his blue-yellow fan cap<br />
there was almost no room for our legs...</td></tr>
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We were driven through the city and I was completely lost where we were. My stop was one of the last one's and unfortunately Pado had already left the bus when Paula came to me and asked something. Her English was as bad as my Spanish but finally I figured out that she wanted to know where I wanted to get off. I explained that I just needed a subway station (Linea D). After a short discussion with the busdriver she told me to get off and walk one blog to the closest "Subte Station". I hoped that she was right, got off and walked to the station. It wasn't difficult to find the station but the problem was that the station was closed... I was wondering about myself... In Germany I would have been worried or pissed off or at least nervous but in Argentina I stayed calm and relaxed. I tried to figure out where I was (at least I was carrying a map with me) but it was already to dark to read the very tiny streetnames on my map. So I decided to go into the next restaurant and ask for help. No one could speak English in the closest restaurant and so I tried in broken Spanish to make myself understood. One guy gestured into one direction and said something like "one block". I thanked him and walked one block into the direction he had shown me and oh wonder: there was another entrance to the station and that one was open. I bought a ticket, had to wait for about 10 minutes for the next metro and arrived at my bus station at 20:30. Another 20 minutes later my bus came and I was back "at home" at 21:15. <br />
First thing I needed to do was washing my hands (they felt sooo dirty:-)). Victoria was watching a movie and I started warming up my meal and eating before she joined me. She was interested in the match (she had only joined a soccer match once and that was during the World Championships. But that match was boring she said: Switzerland vs Italy). <br />
After the dinner (I was really hungry... I had already thought about buying some snacks in a 24h shop close to the bus station but then I decided to wait for the bus because I wanted to get back as soon as possible.) I checked my emails quickly and blogged a little bit.<br />
At 1:00 a.m. I went to bed after listening to some music for about one hour.<br />
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chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Avenida Corrientes 1032-1070, Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-35.4391897 -59.6450206 -33.768256699999995 -57.118165600000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-3677587860670177632012-09-15T18:53:00.000-07:002012-09-22T17:34:14.823-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>September 15 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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This night I really had to catch up sleep. <br />
I got up at 11:00 a.m. but only to talk with Christoph via skype. We talked about our upcoming trip in Argentina and I told him from my school and the soccer match I would attend the following day.<br />
At 13:30 I finally took a shower, blogged a little bit and had "breakfast" at 15:00. Then I continued blogging, took a nap, blogged again and had dinner at 21:30. Victoria didn't join me because she was just tired and went to bed early. After dinner I checked my emails again and went to bed at 23:00. <br />
I had a little bit of a sore throat and hoped I would sleep well to get rid of the bacteria soon.</div>
chocolatefreak1105http://www.blogger.com/profile/10444864328440430754noreply@blogger.com0Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentinien-34.6037232 -58.3815931-34.7082817 -58.5395216 -34.499164699999994 -58.223664600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725699214587422743.post-32819107214609519032012-09-14T15:07:00.000-07:002012-09-22T17:34:14.821-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>September 14 - Buenos Aires</u></div>
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It was just another day at school: getting up early, having 4 hours Spanish classes in the morning, one hour lunch break, which I spent with Remo and Ute in our favourite pizzeria and then 2 hours of private lessons. For Remo and Ute it was the last day at school <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ute, Remo and Katja after their last morning lessons</td></tr>
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and after the morning classes there was a small ceremony on the 6th floor where they got their certificates and said goodbye to the teachers. I joined them because the 3 of us wanted to go to "our" restaurant one last time together. <br />
Then I had to hurry for my private lessons which were better than the day before but it still took me an eternity to make just one sentence in Spanish. <br />
If I ever complain about my English again I just need to remind myself of these Spanish lessons and I will be satisfied immediately:-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me during my private lesson<br />
the chair with the small attached table was really uncomfortable</td></tr>
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After the classes I spent about 2hours on the 6th floor in the common room. I checked my emails quickly and then started planning Christoph's and my upcoming trip using the Southpass: how many tickets would we need to go from A to B, how long would it take us etc.<br />
After 1 hour sitting in front of the computer a tango beginner class started in that room and I watched them with half an eye. Only really young and very good looking students took part... I felt pretty old...<br />
Before I went back to "my home" I bought some sweets and vitamin water in a 24h shop. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">now I finally understand that painting in the stairwell of our school</td></tr>
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After dinner I continued preparing our upcoming trip and then went to bed pretty early.</div>
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