Monday September 28th, 2009

How was everyone's week??

Hi Ibero blog followers,

We hope you are doing well, enjoying Buenos Aires, despite the rainy weekend we had. Although it has been chilly we did not let this get in the way of our activities and hope you have been taking advantage of everything our beautiful city has to offer. We would like to tell you about what we were up to last week. Remember, you can check out the activities for this week in the previous blog post.

Monday, September 21st was the first official day of Spring and ¨Dia del estudiante¨, or Student Day. We kicked off the week with our weekly conversation practice that took place in bar Cumaná. Also a restaurant offering different types of regional Argentine food, the bar was a great place to have an informal conversation in Spanish. Around 6 students joined Juan Ignacio for 2 hours of conversation and trying mate along with excellent savory and sweet empanadas. Without a doubt we had a great time, and bar Cumaná is a good place to try typical Argentine food at reasonable prices.

Tuesday we had a welcome lunch for those students new to the school. We went to a very well known pizzeria called Pizzería Güerrín, one of the classic pizzarías along Avenida Corrientes that has been around for more than 70 years. 8 students joined Juan Ignacio and shared a great lunch porteña style. This is definitely a place to visit again!

Wednesday we went to the Museum of Spanish Art, Enrique Larreta. This is a museum that is in a colonial house in the barrio of Belgrano, near china town. We toured the house and saw many works of medieval art. We also walk around the park of the house which was very impressive. The museum was a very interesting place to visit, from the art work on exhibition to the beautifully kept antique house.

Finally, Friday afternoon we saw the movie "Nueve reinas", a very famous and well received thriller filmed about 7 years ago. The film is full of action but has a complex and suprising plot that everyone who watched it enjoyed. At Íbero we believe watching movies in Spanish is a great way to practice listening and comprehension. Students have the option to turn on subtitles in English or Spanish for extra practice. This week we are going to see a movie called "No sos vos, soy yo",Thursday afternoon at 2 pm, we hope to see you then!

We hope you have had a great week and we look forward to enjoying the activities planned for this week with everyone. See you around!

-Thanks from the Staff at Íbero