Life in Mendoza

Mendoza is like suburbia. A lot like Greenwich in fact. But really, if Buenos Aires is like the NYC of Argentina then Mendoza is like Boston. It thinks it is a city, it sometimes tries hard but really... it ain´t nothing special. It is quiet, there is only one street of bars and they close at 2am and the clubs close at 5:30am.

There are a few muesems, a few good resturants (even 2 veggies ones!), and a couple neat parks. Mendoza is really all about what is around it - aconcagua, rafting, paragliding, vineyards, etc. I swear there isn´t a building over 5 stories tall. And when I asked for ethnic food I got 1 mexican resturant and 2 Italian resturants... when I asked specifically for Indian I got: Indian? What type of food do they eat? Chinese? Bueno.

I am living with a family - Mother Estella, Father Hector, youngest child 21 yr old Santiago. Another exchange student, Brett of Oregon, is also in my house. It´s a nice house, complete with pool. sweet.

I am also studying spanish and today listened to college radio for 2 hours and cursed whoever thought talking over music was a good idea.

I found a climbing gym... equally as poor in quality and safety as the one in Buenos Aires. I also found a swim team to train with and might have even found a underwater hockey league (yuhs!!)

My plan is to not make friends, study a lot and go on sweet adventures on the weekend. (stay tuned for boring pictures of the park near my house)