Hace Frio!!!

Having a cold snap here in Argentina. Elsewhere (besides Iguazu) there is snow too. Here it is just really cold. This morning at 6.30 when I was walking to school (do you feel bad for me yet?) it was around 2 degrees.


At night I have been putting on layers of clothes and I go to bed looking like the Mitchelin Man. Makes you realise how lucky you are at home.



Not a lot to report today, just a couple of observations.

Students at Secondary Schools here in Iguazu study around 12 different sujbects, not 6 as in NZ. Mind you they do not go into such detail here.



The teachers fill out way more data on each pupil. Monica has to report on 8 different aspects for each one of her pupils. (In three schools, that brings her total to around 300 students X 8 )



Students here eat lollies, chew gum and drink coke etc in class.



The tuck shops in the schools sell heaps of lollies, biscuits, drinks etc, but haven't seen a piece of fruit or salad anywhere.



I look like a carbohydrate!!! Have had very little meat, no vegetables to speak of and little fruit. Can't wait to eat some healthy food.



Wonder if I'll remember how to drive. Remind me, Hannah and Tim, to get into the van in the mornings!



There seems to be a protest (often violent) about something, every single day, especially in Buenos Aires. The news is always full of protests, accidents on the roads, and the rich and famous.



They love talk/gossip shows here, the juicer the better.



There seems to be an obsession with female bottoms! You can even buy false bottoms to wear under your jeans.



One very famous, well known 60 year old ex actress, dancer etc (with a 27 year old novio)has just opened a dance studio with every style of dance from ballet to strip tease. (They teach pole dancing too Susannah!)



Dancing with the Stars is a programme here too. The costumes involve way less material than the NZ version!



Well, that ends my last Tuesday blog here in Iguazu.



Hasta luego

Viv