What I ate

The best ice cream of my life: pineapple and passion fruit

Empanadas filled with tomatoes, onions, and corn; kiwi/plum 

 Tomato and lettuce salad, pelon, potato with cheese, grilled vegetables, and bread

 plum, bread, and pasta with grilled vegetables

choripan/Pepsi 

 hot dogs and alfajores = best lazy day meal ever

coke, pelon, and empanadas of tomato, corn, and caramelized onion 

Tomato and lettuce salad, bread, tortilla (potato and egg type of omelet), coke 

peruvian hamburger and fries (best i've ever had) 

 cheesy onion and garlic pasta with tomatoes and basil, bread, fresh fig/grapes

Passion fruit/strawberry smoothie 

cabbage/lentil/potato soup, peach, bread 

egg rolls, soy sauce, peaches, and lettuce, tomato, cucumber, grape, onion salad

making hummus 

tart with thousands of vegetables 

basil goes on everything 

cantaloupe, cafe con leche, bread with cheese and jelly 

steak made of soy protein and vegetables, pelon, shredded carrots with vinegar/oil, and eggs 

fried street flatbread 

grapes, bread, omelet, and tomatoes with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, vinegar, and oil

Thought I'd share what I've been eating over the past month! 

I just finished another semester's worth of Spanish in a month, so I will be beginning the next two months of Spanish in about a week (advanced level!). This upcoming week in Spring Break, and I will be going to Mendoza for six days, wine country of Argentina:

so excited!

Project 365, Day 14

Day: Got up early and went to El Tigre. It's about 30 minutes outside the city and has a slower pace of life on the river. We had planned on going there by train, then taking an hour boat ride to a private beach on the river, but of all the boats available and the thousands of beaches, only one boat was operating and going to one public beach. 

So, we decided once we got to El Tigre to walk through El Puerto de Frutos, a street market held every weekend. We sat down at an outdoor restaurant and they drank fresh fruit juices and ate choripan. Afterward, we found a beautiful grassy spot and set up camp where we stayed for four hours, and enjoyed 70 cent dulce de leche/vanilla swirl cones from the McDonald's a couple feet away from us (you can kind of see the yellow 'M' in the top right of the last picture below).

Picture: ... it was wonderful.

xo amanda

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1. so in love with BA fruit. usually i'm good after one, but here they are so juicy and so fresh and so sweet that i can't stop

2. went to touristy pub crawls, but so much fun nonetheless. met people and had a good time. (by Buenos Aires Pub Crawl)

3. an ice cream alfajor- dulce de leche ice cream sandwiched between two cookies

4. my study abroad program people and i went to el tigre on saturday- it's a 30 minute ride outside the city. rivers and boats and sunshine and happiness live there

5. ... as well as the first protest in years. argentines were riding their boats and holding signs because the electricity has been off for days

6. we rode an hour long open wooden boat to a private beach

7. such adorable houses and beautiful plants along the river

8. banana licuado and choripan (banana blended with milk, and chorizo + pan = sausage and bread) literally one of the most delicious meals i've ever eaten

9. it was seriously the best

10. friends

11. at a restaurant later that day

12. cheers for cool drinks on a 90 degree day

13. toasted ham & cheese

14. it was my friend's birthday yesterday, so we went back to el tigre, this time to the larger river where we had a fruit picnic with cake and alfajores and for some, beer

15. gorgeous day

16. communal meal of watermelon