La Semana de Primavera: Day 1

So today was an awesome start to a soon to be awesome week. There weren't classes today, and everybody in the school was working on decorating the classrooms. Each room has a different theme, and the students all work to create a sort of 'scene'. I still don't quite understand all of it...but I'm sure by the end of the week, I will be able to explain everything :)

I wasn't in the classroom working very much today. A few of us went on a cardboard hunt around the city because they needed a lot of cardboard to decorate the classrooms. 

 Emilio and Ivan and I in the classroom. Behind us is all of the chairs stacked up and a bunch of cardboard. By the end of the week, the room will be looking completely different!

We spent a good amount of time playing on the swings and teeter totters in Plaza Rocha. The weather today was perfect!

Me, Ivan, Pedro, and Emilio

 Yes, there are teeter totters here. :)

 We were able to balance the teeter totter so perfectly that we could meditate... We are higher off the ground than it what looks like! :)

After a good amount of time playing, we walked downtown and ate lunch at McDonalds. Then we shopped around for a while. When I first got here, I thought there was no way I would ever learn how to get around the city, but I learn a little bit more every day. 

Then, I decided that my cough wasn't too bad, and I could go on a run today. So Emilio, Ivan, and I went to run on a track. I told myself I was going to run as hard as I possibly could because it has been so long, but my cough definitely got in the way. So I didn't get the workout I planned, but once my cough is completely gone, I am going to run every day! And the kids here all seem to want to run, so maybe I could start my own little Argentinian cross country team :)

This was where we walked to get to the track. More beautiful trees :)

More fun is waiting for me tomorrow!