Exploring the city

We woke up exhausted this morning and were brought by our mom to the kitchen where she taught us how to use the stove and showed us all the food we are free to eat. We cooked ourselves eggs for breakfast and some kiwi. I am loving this apartment set up! I took some more pics of the apartment to show truly how beautiful it is and how spoiled Jenna and I are compared to our other friends.

The garden in the back of the apartment with the dog named Pluto

Her office that overlooks the garden

The living room with a large window that brightens the room

She owns a clothing store inside of the apartment...she is apparently a designer

The dining room with a beautiful chandelier and a large mirror

The kitchen

We then met the rest of the students on the IES program at the IES building which was conveniently a 5 minute walk away from our apartment! Other students had like a 20-30 minute walk or bus ride but we really do have a prime location from the school. We loaded a bus and had a tour guide take us around Buenos Aires to see some of the many landmarks around the city. Of course I was snapping away with my camera so here are some of the things we saw.

The famous and beautiful oprah house

We were driving on what was known as the "widest avenue" in Argentina

A central Plaza and behind us in a statue built in 1810

In front of the government's office was a huge statue and a flag

Known as the Pink house - La casa Rosada - was the government house where many protests have occured in the plaza in front of it

Inside of a famous church this is a tomb guarded by two guards- La Catedral in which San Martin was buried

Again the plaza de Mayo but with James, Janelle, me and Jenna- Here every thursday what is called the "Women's march" where mothers come to protest to try to find their sons and daughters that were taken from them by the government 30 years ago when the government would capture pregnant women and give away their babies

Puerto Madero

Jenna, Janelle, and I- because this was a tour through IES we were lucky that us three were all in the same program and got to go on the tour together

The modern bridge- el puente de la mujer- on top of the river that we walked across

The Rose Garden- El Rosedal!

Also in the Rose Garden a part that overlooks the river

Today was a great day and we are starting to feel more comfortable roaming around the city. Since our house is so near to the school it is really convenient to walk around and explore the area surrounding our house. We found a  few cool areas in Recoleta and met two girls at Tea Connection a really hip coffee and tea place. Tomorrow starts orientation!