La vida en Córdoba

I'm just going to give you all a quick update of my life in Córdoba!  So basically my life here consists of working at Banco de Alimentos from about 10-4 every Monday-Friday and then spending time with my friends at night.  Usually we get together to eat dinner, to explore the city, or just to hang out.  Here are some pictures of me from the time we went to Parque Sarmiento- the largest park in Córdoba...

One weekend, me, Carlos (from Colombia), Stefano (from Italy), and Gonzalo (from Argentina) took a day trip to Carlos Paz- a town about an hour outside of Córdoba.  Apparently a lot of famous people have homes there and the town is packed in the summer, but during the winter there is not too much to do.  We just took a walk around the lake, ate some gelato, and went back to Córdoba. It was good to get out of the city for awhile and it was a nice and relaxing Sunday!

In Córdoba, more and more trainees are arriving from around the world.  There are supposed to be about 60 of us throughout the entire summer! I was the second person to arrive out of all 60 because I'm doing two internships and staying 12 weeks in Argentina (in 2 different cities) whereas the others are only staying six weeks and not moving cities.  Here is a picture of a lot of the trainees and some of the members of AIESEC when we went out together...

That same night someone from AIESEC taught me how to dance Cumbia.  In the meantime my friend Gonzalo is teaching me how to dance Bachata- which I find is much harder than Cumbia.  I'm thinking about starting dance lessons when I get to Buenos Aires (or even when I get back to Wisconsin)!

An update on the food- so far my favorite foods are choripan (basically like a brat but with more bread and condiments) as well as empanadas.  Jamón y queso empanadas are my absolute favorite!  Another food typical to Argentina are cookies called alfajores.  Usually alfajores have dulce de leche in the center or some sort of fruit/jam.  I am bringing a box of alfajores back to the U.S. for all of you to try! :)  Get excited!

Choripan with Irupé

Empanadas from Mendoza

Alfajores

Banco de Alimentos- The past couple weeks I have just been working on marketing/dministrative tasks for my job in the office.  Unfortunately, I stopped doing audits because of the whole "almost-being-robbed" incident.  At least it means that I get to spend more time with the people that I work with!  I am going to miss them so much when I leave!

Sabrina (volunteer from France), Ariel, and Alejandro

Time has passed so fast here, I can't believe I have already been here for 5 weeks and only have one week left! I leave for Buenos Aires on Saturday.  I'm going to miss it here so much but I'm really excited to see what Buenos Aires has in store for me!