Posted by Lizzy
Hola Amigos,
We are well and truly in full swing here in BA! The weather has been fantasic for us, not a day without sunshine!
We spent Good Friday at Tierra Santa, a religious theme park. Very unique! The day was very interesting, with the reinactment of the Stations of the Cross, MANY fibreglass statues of Jesus, and a fabulously unique sound and light show, depicting the creation story. I don’t think we will see anything like this again!
Saturday was spent visiting Lujan, a small town about an hours drive from BA (thats with a maximum legal speed of 130, and an actual speed of about 140 ), where a beautiful basilica is situated. We wandered the plaza, visited a cultural museum, and finished the day off perfectly with an helado, or, ice cream. Helado is very popular here, and we know why! It is delicious!!
Easter Sunday was spent with our families. Andrew, Joey and Lizzy visited the country (el campo), Carolyn visited the Japanese gardens with her hosts District governer Rene and his wife, and Ianthie stepped out for a spot of shopping with her family!
On Monday, we visited the National congress, an impressive building, which recently held the funeral of ex President Alfonsina. For lunch, we attended the Rotary Club of San Telmo and Constitucion. We were all put on the spot and asked to introduce oursleves and talk a bit about our interests…. Spanish language skills were pulled out once again!
We gave our second official presentation on Monday night, which was again, well received, by the Rotary Club of Parque Chacabuco. As is usual here, the meeting and dinner donot kick off until about 9.30pm, so after a late night, we wearily rose for an 8am start, and visted Atucha energy station, BA’s nuclear power plant about 2 hours away.
What an interesting and informative day. We were given a unique tour of the facility, were a second reactor is currently being built.
Tomorrow, we change to our third host families. How time flies!
