WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!  Tech just finished spanking those damned Hokies... man that was a great game!  It was especially sweet if you recall how...

So I was going to Mendoza this weekend...  There was a bus leaving at 11:30pm Friday, I would get there by about 6am, spend the day there, and...

Hey guys!  Finals are coming up soon - one Friday and one Saturday - though I still have about 18 days left of the trip.  We're in Curiti...

Its 3 am and I'm in my hotel at Iguacu Falls!  Got in about 1:30, excited about having wifi in the lobby.  Tomorrow we're hopping ove...

Hey guys!  Sorry its been forever since I've written, internet is not as ubiquitous here in Florianopolis (but the beautiful women are!  ...

Group:  Derek, Divya, Vicky In 1983, Argentina returned to a democracy after eight years of a military dictatorship.  The free and ...

Group:  Derek, Divya, Vicky Argentina Business and Investment BREAKDOWN:  A report on the investor-friendliness of a selection of com...

My first time at an opera - really enjoyed it.  I am glad I read the synopsis beforehand so I had a clue what was going on; the Spanish trans...

Oh Catholic Church.  What a history you have.  I call myself a cultural catholic, as opposed to a practicing or supporting one.&nbs...

I went to the doctor today to get a signed note saying I have no contagious diseases, required for my Chilean student visa.  I called...

Who would have thought I would enjoy visiting a US embassy so much?  Kirk did a great job of lining up some dynamite people to tal...

Group:  Derek, Sohmer, Jessica Argentina’s chances of a military coup in the next 5 years are very slim.  We have discussed in ...

Group:  Derek, Sohmer, Jessica How will Argentina’s economy fair in the next 5 years?  Much has to do with who takes power in el...

Colonia Roks!  <-- The name of a bar I went to in Colonia Uruguay over the weekend.  A small, quiet town, right across the ri...

The Flamenco show provided a very different side of Argentine culture.  Up till now, I had not thought too much about Andalusian...

The difference between experiencing the culture and watching, or learning about, the culture.  That’s what I felt when I went Tang...

In class today, we watched a movie, Bus 174, that highlights Brazilian social divisions, causing the viewers to sympathize with a b...

Argentina - what a great place.  The magic of Buenos Aires.  The tranquility of Bariloche.  Such a pleasant dichotomy.  ...

Saturday, my second and last full day in Bariloche, was pretty physically testing (total: roughly 80km of hills on a bike).  I slep...

Okay - here goes writing this for the second time.  I wrote this in a different internet café, and the window locked up as I wa...

Hey guys!  I´m here in Bariloche! sitting in an internet cafe.  My hostel is amazing.  Met some fun friends and went to dinner with...

Hey guys!  I'm going to head off to Bariloche in an hour, so I won't be able to write until I get back Monday evening.  It is a 20 hour b...

Class Blog entry, group:  Me (Derek), Jessica, SohmerIn a very informal ‘interview’ Derek spoke with a fellow residencia resident Pancho ...

Class Blog entry, group:  Me, Jessica, Sohmer We asked Adel for her opinions about the current spat between Uruguay and Argentina over t...

Soccer for 3 hours, TONS of fun, man!  I ended the match with a swollen toe and a bloody knee, but it really was a blast - 4 on 4 with me...

A SWEET Asado, with lots of great food, courtesy of the resi’s AMAZING cook, Anita.  I feel like she is my grandma in this home-away-f...

A SWEEEEEEEEEEET TOUR!!!  Man did I learn a lot about Argentina and its politics!  I love it!  Unfortunately I was a bit tired and...

Hey guys!  Sorry its been awhile since I wrote an entry (almost a week, yikes!).  It has been a crazy (fun) past few days.  Wed...

I had a great political discussion with Carla, quien es de Santiago de Chile.  She studies some sort of environmental policy de...

A whole load of Georgia (that would be U(sic)GA) people got here this morning; pretty nice folks with great southern accents!  This af...

Hey guys!  I went to a futbol game today... what an experience!  Boca Juniors won a copa this year and this was their last game, a ce...

Hey guys!  Everything is great here, I hope your summers find you the same.  Yesterday we visited "Caminito" en el barrio "La Boca."&...

Estoy aquí en Buenos Aires, no puedo creerlo!  Se fui Houston a las 9:00 anoche y entró en Buenos Aires 9:00 de la mañana.  Ahora mi m...

Alright, hopefully the content on this blog is about to get ALOT more interesting... I leave this morning!!  I've got to go run a few errands,...

Right now I am absorbed with finishing up exams and trying to get my life together before I leave for 8 months of adventure in South America. ...