Today, our IES group went to an estancia (ranch). I hadn’t realized how much I missed the breeze, the trees, and the animals.
The general feel of the day was a day of socialization with friends. It was a very relaxing day, as we sat around drinking mate on the lawn. Argentineans are a little bit obsessed with mate. They put mate tea leaves in a cup, fill it with hot water, and then drink it out of a straw that filters the leaves out. Then, they carry around a thermos of hot water so they can keep refilling it and drinking mate.
Not only did we have mate, but we had a ton of food. First, we ate empenadas (kind of like a really small, flaky stromboli with beef on the inside). When we came inside, we ate the spread shown above: vegetables and fruits galore. We were then offered all types of meat (pork, chicken, and of course beef) on skewers. Argentina is known for their free-range cows and the beef was indeed delicious. There was also a huge array of absolutely delicious desserts, some with the characteristic dulce de leche.
We also saw some awesome animals including armadillos, storks, peacocks, and rheas and rode horses. Below is a link to a movie of the rheas. I don’t know why they started running around crazily, but it was quite amusing.
Location: 964 Libertad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Maravilloso! looks pretty incredible…makes me want to be back there! Enjoy the life and classes… 🙂
excellent blog guys, keep up the work, i will share it with my friends. Thanks alot
wow…you got to ride horses! what a great day! thanks so much for the pictures and sharing your day with us…