Backwards Seasons and Upcoming Events

Something you may or may not have known about South America - the seasons here are opposite of ours. So currently, the weather here is making the transition from winter to spring. Some days have been gorgeous here, sunny and in the upper 60's, but this past weekend it got cold again, with the addition of rain. Since most of the activity here takes place outside and by walking to and from places, our weekend weather made life pretty uneventful for the past few days. I am so lucky to be in a group of such fun and entertaining people - we spent most of the weekend watching movies or just hanging out with each other, talking, playing cards, and whatever else we could think to do in the house.
By the way, here is a picture of everyone who is in our Study Abroad group:

[this is on the roof of Casa ACU. The building's actual name is El Chana, and right above us is the bell tower]

Thankfully, the weather has begun to warm up again and we have sunny skies once more. :] Hopefully it will stay that way, since we have an eventful week and weekend ahead of us! Tomorrow evening we are going to a World Cup Qualifier fútbol game! We'll be able to cheer on Uruguay as they play against Equador and experience the craziness of South American passion for soccer.

The next day, Thursday, we will be packing up after our morning classes and heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina! We will be spending several days there before heading back to Casa ACU late Sunday night. We do not have a permanent schedule for the trip yet, so I'm not quite sure about what all we will be doing. I do know we will be going to a dinner/tango show Friday night, taking a tour of the city on Saturday, and spending some time with some Argentinians from one of the local churches, possibly playing indoor soccer with them at some point. It should be a great trip!

Speaking of tango, we had a lesson Friday night by a couple right here in Casa ACU! It was SO much fun. If enough people sign up, we might try to continue the lessons if we can get a good group rate. I hope so. :]

I think that covers all the major upcoming events. I have a couple papers to write before we leave for Buenos Aires, so I should probably stop procrastinating and get onto writing those. ha!

I'll leave you with a couple pictures from an outing to the Rose Gardens a few days ago. Most of the roses were only just beginning to bloom, but we are planning to go back once it warms up more. Even so, it was beautiful and a lot of fun to explore around!