It’s our last day in this amazing city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two weeks have never flown by faster. As I pack my bags and count my last remaining pesos, I can’t help but think about everything I’ve learned and experienced these past couple of weeks. From the people, to the food, the nightlife, it’s…
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Doing it Pho the Mutuals
It’s absolutely crazy to think we have less than three days left in Argentina. It feels like just yesterday we had our first visit to the public hospital of Santorio de los Arcos. The country and city of Buenos Aires have begun to grow on me, but I’ll have to admit… I miss home. Nonetheless,…
Okay, So Here’s the MaTEA!
Back to our 8am mornings… at least I’ll be conditioned for my workdays after my trip! After a quick breakfast, we jumped on the bus and headed straight for the private facilities of Austral University and its hospital. I have been so excited to see this campus ever since we received our Austral notebooks and…
Museums and Meals
Another laid-back weekend day for the Argentina study-abroad babes! For our casual day, we began by enjoying a tour of the Museo Evita, a museum honoring Eva (Evita) Peron, the wife of the country’s former president- Juan Peron. Eva is honored for being an actress, activist, politician, and philanthropic influence on Argentina. She cared greatly…
Museum and Memorial Visits
Hello everyone! I was very excited to sleep in until 9:30 this morning! Today we brought out our inner tourist and visited some popular historic and touristic destinations. Our first destination was Museo Evita, a former house for women ran by President Juan Perón’s wife. Evita Perón dedicated her short life to helping fellow Argentines….
Horses, pigs, and bikes? Oh my!
What a day of fun. To spend our Saturday, we held back on the lectures and began the day by visiting the Basilica of Lujan while they were having a ceremony. This beautiful structure has years and years of history and now hosts hundreds of Argentina’s people to practice their religion. The murals inside the…
A Tigre Outing
Happy Friday! This morning I made it up in time to stop down at the hotel breakfast and oh my, was it delicioso. Never had I seen such a wide array of fruits, meats and cheeses from hotel dining… NH Collection is definitely top tier. Today I had the opporunity to stick my hand into…
Wait this isn’t Pitt!
It’s crazy to think over a year ago I toured the Pitt campus during my senior year of high school. I can remember that prospective, eager student in complete fascination like it was yesterday. Today, I got to experience that feeling once more. On this Thursday, we traveled outside of Buenos Aires city and entered…
Remembrance in Recoleta
What a gorgeous day it was. After a well-needed apple for breakfast (now a developing morning tradition), we were ready to get the day started. On this Wednesday, we were returning back to Santorio De los Arcos to receive a lecture from Dra. Josefina Medrano, the former minister for Salta’s (an Argentine province) Ministry of…
Take My Money La Boca!
Hola dia tres! It’s muy loca to say we’ve been in this beautiful city of Buenos Aires for this long already. However, this city just got even more beautiful. I grabbed a juicy apple from the hotel’s breakfast this morning then we were off to the prestige healthcare governing organization for Buenos Aires- the Ministry…
Healthcare and Frankenstein?
For dia dos of our trip, we visited one of Buenos Aires’ best private hospitals, Santorio De los Arcos. This healthcare facility is owned by a big private insurance company called Swiss Medical Group. It provides private health insurance to citizens who either pay a premium at their own expense or partially through a union….
BBQ Greetings!
Ah… after two long hauls of flights and airport Mcdonald’s meals, we finally landed in the thriving, growing city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The crick in my neck may not be ideal, but boy had it already been worth it. As a first-time traveler abroad, this country has exceeded my expectations earlier on. When thinking…
Hola Argentina!
Hey everyone! I am Salma Xolo-Thomas, a freshman business student at the University of Pittsburgh studying Finance and Accounting. I am a Pittsburgh native, from a small town about 30 minutes outside of the city so naturally Pitt was the one for me. On campus, I am involved in a few business organizations such as…