Finally feeling refreshed after a good nights sleep, we hit the ground running and started our day. We had a quick breakfast at our hostel and met up with our volunteer coordinators who had lots of fun riddles and a crossword puzzle prepared to help us navigate our way to lots of famous landmarks.
The first landmark we visited was the Obelisco which is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires.
The second landmark was Plaza de Mayo where our coordinators taught us about all of the people (mostly children) that went missing during the military dictatorship from 1976-1983 and how every Thursday people will walk a circle around the pyramid in front of the plaza to pay their respects and to remind people of the past. Before heading to our final landmark, we walked through an Argentine market, took in lots of sites and saw lots of beautiful locally made items. The final landmark was the El Puente De La Mujer, which is a foot bridge in one of the more modern neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires. This bridge was created to resemble a couple dancing tango. It is nicknamed the Woman’s Bridge as it honours important women from Argentine history.
After seeing all of the landmarks, our coordinators set up a little picnic for us where they taught us how to make Alfajores which is two cookies with the famous Dulce de Leche sauce in between, these were a huge hit with our group, the Matè not so much😂. Matè is a traditional drink made by an infusion of dried leaves of Yerba mate, it is served in a hollow calabash gourd with a filtered bombilla straw. We all had the option to try it, but only a few of us were brave enough to do so and it received lots of mixed reviews!
Johnny, Dan and Chantal (our CBU soccer star) went to a soccer game in the afternoon and said it was such an awesome experience. The rest of the group stayed backed, relaxed in the sun and bonded with each other. We are all feeling refreshed and ready to start our first day of clinical tomorrow!
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