Trip to Bariloche

Blogger is having technical difficulties this week! I tried getting on yesterday to upload photos and it wouldn't let me, and tonight is still a no go. So until the pictures can get on I will just write about my break. Last week we were given an "unofficial" aka asu doesn't know about it, break after our mid-review. It was so awesome to have a whole week off to relax and unwind after an intense week of work. Six of us decided to go to Bariloche, which is the lake district of Argentina. It is on the border of Chile and Argentina. Our program coordinator has quickly become one of our group and joined us on our trip and offered to have us all stay at her grandmothers vacation home. It was so much fun. The house was right on one of the lakes, and had a great view, and lots of ground to run around on. The first day we got there we went for a hike to a lookout point where we could see the lake and mountains from a higher point. It was so gorgeous, and very sunny. Apparently Briloche is under a hole in the ozone layer, so the sun was quite intense like nothing I have ever felt. It was crazy! After the hike we went to the beach of the lake and hung out while we watched the sunset. Then next day we took it easy, bought a soccer ball in town and played a couple of games at the house. It was a very relaxed fun day. Tuesday we went into town and decided to go horseback riding. We went for a two hour ride that took us to another lookout point to see another view of the landscape. It was so cold that day! I had a tank top, long sleeve shirt, sweater, hoody, and rain jacket on! I may have looked funny, but I was the warmest one on the mountain. We had a lot of fun doing that, it was some of the boys first time on a horse, they claimed it was the highlight of their trip. Weds. we went to Bariloche (the town we were actually staying in was about an hour outside of the main town of Bariloche). Here we took a boat tour of the Arrayanes woods and Victoria Island. The woods are apparently unique in the world because they have such a large concentration of Arrayanes, which are technically bushes, but look like trees. It was quite amazing to see them all. It was too bad it was so overcast that day, I can only imagine how beautiful it must be in the sun light. In fact that day was very cold as well, but fun. Victoria Island reminded me a lot of Wyoming, it was very pretty and wooded. Thursday we hung out and watched movies, had a barbecue, and made a fire on the beach. It was a great way to end the week. Friday we came back to Buenos Aires. I had a great time, and it was fun to get out of the crowded city for a week. However it was very hard getting back into the rhythm of school this week. :) Hope everyone is doing well in the States, hopefully I will get the pictures on soon!