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Early this morning our group arrived in Uruguay, a couple hours later we ventured off to the World Trade Center in Montevideo. Being our first day in a new country, excitement was high despite the early wake up.  Alejandro Theodosopoulos, a lawyer who works in the WTC Free Zone legal department, gave us a talkContinue reading “WTC Montevideo Free Zone”

Hola from Montevideo, Uruguay! The extremely early 5AM check in was a tough time for everyone in the group, we all knew it was worth it because today we were finally going to Uruguay! Tired eyes filled the bus as we traveled to the Buenos Aires port to board a ferry. Everyone was excited thatContinue reading “Welcome to Montevideo!”

After months of fundraising for Hogar El Alba ( Home of the Dawn), we finally were able to meet the children and adults at this Argentinian orphanage. Many of us were looking forward to this visit, as we wanted to help out the children as much as possible. Driving into the orphanage, stray dogs greetedContinue reading “Hogar El Alba”

Every student on this trip was excited for this day the most. The touring, going out with friends, and experiencing a newculture is amazing, but there is nothing better than helping those in need. Throughout the school year, we planned and fundraised for an orphanage in Argentina known as Hogar El Alba. Due to teamworkContinue reading “Hogar El Alba”

As we said goodbye to La Serenisima we said hello to our boxed lunch on the way to El Tigre to kayak. It consisted of a Caesar wrap, a salad, an apple, and a yummy dessert! El Tigre means “The Tiger,” and even though there are no tigers in Argentina, there once was jaguars inContinue reading “Kayaking at Delta de Tigre”

As we boarded the bus for a new day, the air was filled with excitement, chatter echoing throughout the vehicle. Soon, this chatter died down to silence as everyone took a short nap, only to wake up to a city within a city. We had entered the massive La Serenisima plant, increasing the excitement ofContinue reading “La Serenisima”

Hola!! On our first day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after our orientation we all played “The City Game”. To get us familiar with Buenos Aires our professors broke us up into groups of 5 to explore and play the cultural city game. The Buenos Aires cultural city game is like a scavenger hunt. We were givenContinue reading “Buenos Aires Cultural City Game”

Tuesday night was the welcome dinner for our trip. It was a great way to kick off our journey! We went to an authentic Argentinian steak house called Estilo Campo.  To start this group excursion, we all did our usual roll call and headed to the bus. As we arrived at the steak house, servers greetedContinue reading “Welcome Dinner”

After viewing a presentation about Argentina’s economy, it was time to dive into the Agribusiness portion of Argentina’s economy. The speaker’s name was Ivan and his past work on a large farm gives him enough experience to teach about the work today. Agribusiness includes the different crops, grains and different machinery involved in producing them.Continue reading “Agribusiness Presentation”

Have you ever heard of Unicorns in Argentina? They are worth more than one million dollars! No, I am not talking about the mythical creatures. I am referring to the companies in Argentina that are worth millions of dollars, which are known here as Unicorns. Our class got the opportunity to sit and listen toContinue reading “EY – Argentina”