Hello everyone! I know it's been a while but things here have been crazy busy in the last week or two and they're not even close to calming down yet. I've been going through the process of trying to figure out which classes I need to take, trying to figure out where I'm living (I'm off to meet with prospective host family within the hour), and trying to get everything together for tomorrow, which is the final exam for our pre-semester Spanish course (I can't believe it's over!) This isn't going to be a long post, as I have to leave shortly to walk to what will possibly become my apartment here, but I wanted to drop in and give everyone some kind of explanation for my recent absence.

Unfortunately, this absence is going to continue for a while - directly after my exam tomorrow I am leaving for Mendoza (another city in Argentina, near the Andes) with my friends Peter and Lennart. We have a decent-sized break before classes start on March 10, and Peter and Lennart invited me along on their trip across the continent. We'll be going by bus to Mendoza, then to Santiago in Chile, then to Córdoba, then back to Buenos Aires. The whole trip is going to be 7 or 8 days and I won't have the time or resources to keep in touch while I'm away, but don't worry, you can all expect a huge post about my adventures after I return :) For everyone at Northeastern, I hope you have a fantastic spring break and I'll talk to you guys soon - miss you!