Sunday, March 20th, 2011

This morning in church there was a special presentation....to kick off the start of Sunday School for 2011 the kids of all ages (and a few of our friends who volunteer in the kids ministry) put on a "Pirates of the Caribbean"-inspired drama. It was fantastic with songs, videos, and a pretty spectacular set. Joy and Steph also signed up for one of the adult Sunday School classes...pretty psyched :)

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

After a relaxing afternoon in the plaza we met up with one friend for ice cream tonight and then our friend Brittany from the US at a cute little restaurant/cafe near Plaza España that, albeit a bit pricey, had one of the cutest and most elegant atmospheres we've seen in Córdoba. We just ordered tea, and it was served to us in the little teapots on the candlelit tables....quality.

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Happy Birthday, Dani! Today we celebrated our friend Dani's 20th birthday. She had a party at her house with delicious pizza, foosball and ping-pong, and a large group of good friends from Alpha. Fantastic night :)

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Happy St. Patty's Day! Before our small celebration at home, Steph headed to check out the Feria happening at our church. Since arriving here with only 1/1.5 suitcases of clothes, we both have been in search of used clothing, which is always cheaper and can be awesome when found in good condition. It turns out that Argentina doesn't really have many used clothing locales, so we had content ourselves with what we had brought and do the very occasional shopping. So imagine Steph's surprise when she went to the Feria and found a huge used clothing selection, most things priced around $1-2 each item. A few sweaters, t-shirts, and a dress later, she was set for the coming months.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Week 2 of English Talk 2011 went down today. Our theme was "Family", so we did a "Family Feud" type game show in team format and learned a lot of vocabulary for family members. We also dug out our chalkboard to use with the beginner group which was VERY helpful...Here's Joy with our beginner group!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

We were almost in the Plaza Intendencia today when we heard a strange yet familiar sound...a military marching band was playing the middle of the nearly desolate plaza. We didn't even know they had any sort of bands like this here, and it made us wonder who this group was and why they were playing.....we may never know.

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

At church this morning a few of our guy friends were chilling around this huge book...we're not really sure what it's about, but it looks pretty massive and significant.

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Tonight we enjoyed a relaxing night in. At the beginning it was just girls; Joy and I shared our Chilean wine with Heather and she shared her US chocolates with us. When our guy friends arrived we finished the night with one of our favorite movies, Disney's "Enchanted", which the boys agreed was a great movie to see....one time.

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Today Sarah had to head back to the States after an awesome week of having here in Argentina. Before she left we got a pictures of the ladies of the house (minus Eva, plus Sarah), and then Sarah and I said goodbye at the airport....thankfully, it's "see you soon!", at some point this summer!

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Today was our big day out of (and in) the city with Sarah...we went with a group of friends back to Playa de los Hippies, where we had been in mid-December, and loved. We enjoyed a peaceful afternoon swimming, eating, lying out, and had a pretty intense game of ultimate frisbee, boys vs. girls (of course).

Later that night we dined at "Un Lugar", a restaurant our friend Javier took us too...it has a crazy but cool atmosphere, lots of candlelight, and you're allowed/encouraged to write or carve on the tables!

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Today Sarah and Steph did some more sight-seeing around Córdoba. At the Manzana Jesuítica we ran into a whole little ditch full of Sun Cats!

After a Luz Urbana meeting at night we went out to get Sarah some legit Argentinian meat at Betos, a parilla close to Luz Urbana, while Joy and Steph and the boys had the best lomitos in Córdoba. Sarah also interviewed Pablo as part of her project on Argentina...one of the most entertaining parts of the whole week :)

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Today we kicked off English Talk, 2011! And then afterwards Sarah and Steph went to a typical Argentinian restaurant, Alfonsina, to hear folklore music and give Sarah a better look at the Argentinian dining culture. Here is part of the 2nd set of empanadas for the day, and Gancia with Sprite :)

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Steph's sister-in-law Sarah arrived to Argentina today for a 4-day visit during her Spring Break! After a brief rain shower we headed down to the center to catch the lights and water show at Buen Pastor, and then to el Parque Sarmiento to eat choripan at the Dante, followed by a brief walking tour around Nueva Córdoba! Sarah, despite her lack of sleep, still had energy by the time the rest of us were ready to call it a night :)