The past week I have not had any work or classes because it's "Holy Week" here leading up to Easter. Therefore, I went on several mini trips with Shamari and Jenny, the other two Fulbright ETAs. First, I moved my belongings into the apartment in which I am living last Saturday and promptly left the same day to take a bus to Salto (the city where Shamari lives). I arrived to find an asado (barbecue) and a bunch of students from Shamari's school waiting (below).
The next day we went to the "termas" which are very close to Salto and are basically like a bunch of very warm swimming pools. It was very fun and relaxing and felt like summer, especially because I got sunburned :)
Also, we made many ice cream excursions because I'm basically obsessed with dulce de leche ice cream (and dulce de leche in general). Especially because I'm officially not sick anymore and am hungry again!
After hanging out and exploring Salto for about two days then left on a night bus to go to Rivera/Santana, which is on the border between Uruguay and Brasil (we went to Brasil!!)
I obviously had to do a few dance moves and cartwheels across the border :). We also went to a Brazilian buffet, where for about $10, you got as many side dishes as you want and the servers would walk around with skewers of meat for as long as you were sitting down. I don't speak Portugues well (or really at all) but it was delicious and I learned how to say "thank you" (obrigado!).
After our brazilian adventures and bus ride back to Salto, we were going to go to Argentina but the plans fell through because of passport complications, missing keys, and exhaustion. So we hung out with our friends in Salto for another full day and left for Paysandu (my city!) the next day all together. We all stayed in my new apartment (I'll post some pictures of it later) together thanks to my gracious host mom, Alejandra. We went with my mentor, Carla to the little town next to Paysandu called Casa Blanca to watch the sunset over the river. The four of us are below.
The sunset was beautiful, and right across the river is Argentina, so I'm sure I will go very soon :)
Shamari and Jenny left the following day to return to Salto and Montevideo. Now I am adjusting to the apartment and life in Paysandu. I need to make a boatload of powerpoint presentations before Monday haha
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