Today at school there was an assembly in the morning and then no classes because it's "feriado" or a day off. In the assembly each of the upper grades did an act of some kind that is traditional in Argentina. One of the other grades did a folkloric dance and our grade sang a folkloric song. There were about five of us (plus 2 ppl on guitar and one on some traditional gaucho drums) and although it was too early in the morning (about 8:00 on a day off!) it was pretty fun, and I got to participate in an Argentinian custom :) (I'm the one on the left in the white.)

Oh also: the world cup here is super fun, everyone follows all the games and is sure to watch every game Argentina plays in. Tomorrow at 8:30 Argentina plays, and we'll probably get up early to watch even though

tonight we're staying out late and tomorrow is a day off as well. We're going to some sort of gaucho thing with Mario on quadricycles or something, I'm not quite sure what it is but it should be fun! It's so nice to have a couple days off, we have from Wednesday to Monday off, and maybe Tuesday as well since there's a game during the day. And even if there IS school tuesday we'll probably all skip to watch el partido....

On Tuesday I got back from the trip to Iguazu, which was suuuper fun. Freddy did end up being able to go, which was a good thing because if she hadn't the 12 hour bus ride from Salta to Resistencia would have been a killer. we made it fun, although I was only able to sleep 2 hours that night. We all met up in Resistencia and then headed out in another bus. All together there was 16 of us. The first day, after arriving in Porto Iguazu, we went on a rock mine tour (the area is famous for its precious rocks) and then went rapelling and on a canopy tour, although both were pretty short. The next day we got to go to the waterfalls, which were AMAZING. Not as tall as I thought they would be from what I had heard but still huge, and soo cool to see up close...we got to go on a boat at the bottom of them, and got soaked. But even though it was a gorgeous day, it was still really cold to be wet. It was a little crowded, but definitely worth it.