Intensive Spanish Courses in Buenos Aires

Hi, my name is Linnea, and I'm originally from Washington State, but I have been living in California. I actually studied abroad in Buenos Aires previously. There was a study abroad program, and I loved the city, so I wanted to come back. I am between my undergrad and graduate school. It was a lot worse with my Spanish, so it was really good to jump into the Spanish classes when I first got here. I have been improving my Spanish a lot. I also went to a conversation club in a cafe and practiced Spanish. That was really helpful for my Spanish also. I just had a really good time in the city. I love the parks. I like to go running in the parks and walking along the lakes and things like that. The city has great restaurants, great nightlife, and the people are super friendly. Whenever I get lost or have problems on the street, someone is always there to help me. I have had a really great time in Buenos Aires, and I would definitely recommend Mente, and you should definitely come visit Argentina.

Hey guys, I'm Gautam. I just finished the Mente Argentina program. This is my last day, which is kind of sad, but I want to tell you a little bit about my experience here. I got here a month and a half ago, and Mente has been amazing at introducing me to a second language and hooking me up with a great internship at a hospital. The work I was involved in was pediatrics. It's a great experience for people who are in college, or maybe after college, who want to gain experience in another country. I also did the Spanish study abroad program, the intensive program, which is amazing. You're in a class for four hours a day and you learn Spanish. One of the big things for me has always been learning a second language. I've been taking classes in high school and in college, but I've never been able to grasp Spanish. Coming to Buenos Aires, you're just immersed in the culture, and you really learn Spanish at a very high level and very rapidly. Another thing I'm happy about is that Mente hooks us up with cell phones that we use here. They take care of the ride to the airport and back. All these small things that you don't think of before planning a trip, they take care of for you. I also wanted to visit Mendoza, which is the wine country in Argentina, and they planned it all out for me, told me how to do it, and found the safest way. It's a little scary traveling to another country, maybe for the first time, and for me it was my first time in South America. I was happy that somebody guided me along the way, showed me the best places to go, the best places to eat in Buenos Aires, and the safe areas to shop. I really have to thank Mente Argentina for that. If anybody needs any help, I'm Gautam. You can take my email down and shoot me an email if you have any questions.

Hi, I'm Julia. I'm from Poland, and I did a Spanish language program and a tango program here. I loved it to the point that I just want to stay here and live here, so I think that speaks enough for how great an experience it was. I wanted to thank Mente for organizing everything, especially because it was really last minute. I decided to arrive literally three days before the program started, and everything was arranged and ready, waiting for me. That was fantastic.

Hi, my name is Joanna. I'm from Bordeaux, France, and I came here with Mente Argentina to learn Spanish, because I didn't know it before. Now, after about five months, I can speak more Spanish about everything, so it is cool. I went to a tango class too. It was amazing, really amazing, to learn tango in Buenos Aires. You meet a lot of people, and I have very good friends now from everywhere around the world. I think I can make a tour of the world now, because I have friends from everywhere. If you can go, just go to Argentina with Mente.

Hello, my name is Anja, and I'm from Norway. I came to Argentina. Mente took me on some really nice tours, which allowed me to get to know a lot of really cool people, so I always had something to do here. I really love Argentina, and I am going to miss it so much, and I am pretty sure I am going to return sometime.

Hi, I'm Lucas Baumgartner. I'm from San Diego, California, and I go to university at the Colorado School of Mines, doing engineering. I was here in Argentina for the two-month Spanish program, and then the semester at the university, where I studied history, culture, literature, economics, and all that. First, with Mente they supply you with activities and housing, and that is really important, because the vast majority of my friends came through the Mente program. I have many more friends from the Mente program than I do from the Spanish school or from the university. Try to go to the events when you can. After a while you have plenty of friends, so don't worry. In Argentina you really just need to make sure to have fun and explore, especially Buenos Aires, such a big city. Have fun doing it. There is so much to do. I have been here for six months, and I still have hardly seen anything in Buenos Aires. There is still so much to see and so much I have to do, so I am going to have to come back to see it all, of course. Don't be afraid to experience the culture. Make sure you eat a medialuna and have a siesta. If you are American, don't be afraid of the breakfasts, which are really small, with a sugary medialuna and a cup of coffee. It tastes much better if you dip the medialuna in the coffee. That is my advice if you are American. Argentina is a really big country, so my other advice is to explore around Argentina. Up north you have Iguazú Falls, which are the biggest waterfalls in the world. It is absolutely beautiful, bordering Brazil. Further down southwest, in Patagonia, you can go to Bariloche and see the mountains and go skiing if it is that time of year. Further south you can go to Tierra del Fuego and Calafate and see the glaciers. A little bit up north you can see the desert around Salta, or you can go to Las Pampas. There is plenty of that, and the culture there is really fun too. If you are in the university program, don't be afraid to miss a few days. I have missed plenty of days and I still came out on top. I have probably attended more classes than 80 percent of the students there, because the international students are so focused on traveling. The professors are very relaxed about attendance, so don't be afraid to explore when you can. With the university courses, if your Spanish is not too great, I got by fine in the classes with only two months of Spanish beforehand, and I understood most of it. It was still a great experience. As for the two-month Spanish program, the Spanish school is a really cool place. I got to meet plenty of people. It is how I met most of my friends at the beginning, and it is a good way to meet other students from Mente too. The teachers there did a pretty good job teaching me Spanish, and it is a very relaxed environment. You will find that you have a lot of fun. I actually met one of my best friends in Argentina, who works at the Spanish school.

Hi, everybody. My name is Lena. I am 18 years old. I'm from the Netherlands. I have been with Mente Argentina here in Buenos Aires for five months. I did the intensive Spanish program, and I did a photography course. Mente accompanied my apartment. They linked me to my roommate. He was really nice. We are really good friends, and we have done a lot of activities with Mente, free lunches or dinners or happy hours or escape rooms, these things. In the beginning, when I couldn't speak any Spanish, they helped me with the bank and with getting a SIM card. It was really helpful, and I had a really good time.

I am a junior at the University of Alabama, and I have been studying here in Buenos Aires through Mente Argentina for about six months now, since July. I was doing the university semester program, with coursework in Latin American studies and Spanish. What I really loved about Mente is the freedom it has given me to learn about the city, the culture of Argentina, and the people here in Buenos Aires. I really enjoyed the apartment placement I got. Mente gave me a nice apartment here in the city. I have had really good luck with roommates through the program, and I have really enjoyed that. What I enjoyed most was how I was able to take what Mente offered and turn it into a real learning experience here in Buenos Aires, expand on the coursework I was doing at the university, and make that into something I can take beyond the classroom.

My name is Hugh. I'm from Australia, and I did a program here with Mente. I did the DJ program and the Spanish program. Basically, both were really good. The DJ program was really professional. I have never done it before, and so it was good to learn how to DJ. They had some of the best equipment you can buy, and the teachers were really skillful and so good. The Spanish program was also good. I had a basis in Spanish for a while, but going to lessons every day, learning, I actually really improved my Spanish. I am not afraid of it now. I also lived in a student residence, shared with other international students, in Palermo. That was really fun, because even though you are studying, you still have lots of time for parties, and one of the big things is the nightlife. Especially around here, there are lots of clubs you can go to every night. It is just really fun, and I recommend it. I definitely recommend the program. It is really good.

Hi guys, my name is Andrea. I'm from Australia, and I've been in Buenos Aires for four weeks with the Mente Argentina program. While I've been here, I've been doing an intensive Spanish program, Spanish every morning, as well as an internship three days a week, and it's been fantastic. I've loved my time here. The city is amazing. It's just non-stop. It doesn't sleep, and the people are so friendly and accommodating. I would recommend Buenos Aires to anyone who wants a great experience and to meet awesome people. The program with Mente Argentina has been so organized, and the staff have been great, and I would really recommend it to anyone.

Hi, my name is Gil. I'm 23 years old, and I'm from Israel. I was participating in the Mente Argentina program in the last month, and it was the most unbelievable experience of my life. When I first saw the option to combine courses, and to learn Spanish, and all kinds of things, in an international environment such as Buenos Aires, it sounded sometimes too good to be true. When I saw this option to do it with people from all over the world, I knew it was something I wanted to do, but I never imagined how good it would be. Over the last month I took Spanish classes. I took bartender courses, and I combined it with volunteering and worked with children from difficult backgrounds. The whole experience was just great. The volunteering itself was so satisfying, and everything was delivered above my expectation. The personal support we got here is crazy. Everything you need, you can ask for. The staff here is the first to ask you if you need something. They are very kind, and they do a very, very good job, and they are very organized. When you get to a program like that, the fact that you are doing the whole thing with people from all over the world makes everything ten times better. The program makes you meet people from all over, Germany, Europe, everywhere. The fact that there are so many cultures and so many places makes it so great. Social life here is unbelievable. With all of that, the fact that everything is happening in Buenos Aires is the best. It is a great city to meet people and a great place to do all these courses. The social life here, the nightlife here, the food here, the warm people, and everything. The whole experience just motivated me to volunteer in different places, and to travel, and to do programs like that in so many other places. It was just great. I recommend to anyone who has any expectations regarding this program to stop hesitating and come here.

Hi, I'm Alp. I'm from Turkey, and I was with Mente Argentina for two weeks to take Spanish courses, tango courses, and cooking classes. Before I came here, I felt as if two weeks would be a really long time, but now it has not been enough. When I first came here, I realized that it is really important that you know Spanish so that you can really speak with the people. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city. All the barrios, all the places you can go, it is both touristic and really local. I love this city, and I just hope that more people can come here with Mente and continue to enjoy this city and this experience.

I had a really good experience. I was doing an internship at a language exchange company. I went to a lot of our events, and I was doing marketing for them. The people were really amazing, and at the events I met a lot of local people who were able to give me a lot of advice about the city and who were just ready to talk. I had a really good experience with the people. I was also able to do cooking classes and Spanish classes. You can really do whatever activities you want to do, and they help you put it all together. The city itself is beautiful. There are so many parks. You will never be bored. The nightlife is great. Tiring, but great. I was only here for a few months, so I wasn't able to travel extensively throughout the rest of Argentina, but there are so many different day trips you can do. I just have to go back to experience all of it. I really had a good time.

Hi, I'm Bailey Clark. I'm from Denver, Colorado. I was with Mente Argentina for almost five months, doing a medical internship program. I had two different jobs. One was at a hospital, and another was with an NGO. The hospital one was in the city, and the other was just outside the city, and it was great. They were two very different things, and they helped me improve my Spanish a lot, just because I was working with people speaking Spanish every day, and that was kind of the goal of my trip. I enjoyed being with Mente a lot. They help expose you to a lot of things. They take you on lots of trips. We went out to Tigre and went on a river trip out there, and they take you to shows. I went to Fuerza Bruta and La Bomba del Tiempo. It's nice because you get to do all these extra activities, meet people through that, and you get to enjoy a lot of good company. It was a really good experience.

Hi, I'm Sophie. I'm from New York, and I was with Mente in Buenos Aires for three months, three and a half months. I stayed in Recoleta, in a really nice apartment. I really feel like I improved my Spanish a lot, with good teachers and fewer classmates, and my internship was incredible. I went to a gallery, also in Recoleta, and I got to see how the art world works in Buenos Aires, which is just really, really different from New York. I met incredible other employees who worked there, and my boss was amazing. I had a great time with the company, and with the concerts that were happening. Overall it was just an excellent experience.

Hi, I'm Stephanie Cohen. I'm from Ohio, and I go to the University of Michigan. I came to Argentina to learn a little bit about wine and Spanish, so I took some courses in Spanish. That was a great time. I met a lot of really cool people. Then I took several different classes about wine, and I had some private lessons. I learned a lot about the tasting and the procedure of making wine, and it made me more confident about what I wanted to do in the future. I also took some cooking lessons. Some were at a professional school, and others were just with an adorable lady who taught me more about Argentina, her life in Argentina, and the food. That was a lot of fun. Overall I had a great time, and I highly recommend it.

My name is Jesse, and I'm from Alberta, Canada. I came here with Mente to take a photography course. I had a great time. Mente was awesome as far as helping out with the questions that I had, any directions. It was very stress-free. Everything was taken care of, as far as housing, directions, and getting money exchanged. Any questions I had throughout my stay were answered promptly, and I had no issues with that whatsoever. Buenos Aires is a beautiful, beautiful place. I have to recommend it. I recommend coming abroad with Mente. Overall it was a great experience and a great time.

Hi, I'm Michael Ewell. I did the University Spanish program at the UBA with Mente. I was here from August 2018 to April 2019. It is a long, long time. I also did, for one month, the photography program, which was also very cool. I love Mente, and I highly recommend them to anybody who would like to travel in Argentina. They took care of everything for me, my housing, my paperwork, my well-being, and all of that, and that was wonderful. I really liked that Mente had a lot of events, especially a lot of events with food, which is great if you are a poor student in a city. It is great to get free food. They also do a lot of fun culture activities, and it is a great way to get to know the city and to get to know the other people that you are studying with. I loved the Mente community, how easy it was to talk to people and get to know people. All of the program coordinators were on call most of the time, which was great, and if I ever had a question or a need I could just text them. That felt good. It felt very taken care of. Our apartment was lovely. It was very clean, maintained very well, and there was a lot of space. I highly recommend Mente to any foreign students who want to study here. They take care of everything. I literally never worried about room or rent or money or food.

Hi, my name is Simon. I'm from Hong Kong. I came on the Mente program for four weeks in Buenos Aires. During these four weeks I did the Spanish class for four weeks. At the same time I did the wine program and a barman program. Both are really fun. In the barman program we learn about mixing cocktails and a little bit of flair. At the same time we create our own signature cocktails. In the wine program we learn a lot about Argentine wine history, the industry, and everything about Torrontés, which is world famous. During these four weeks Mente was extremely helpful, and they arranged lots and lots of fun programs and activities for us, so it is packed with activities. I am really glad. This is amazing here in Buenos Aires. The culture, the people, the bife de chorizo, and the wine. Everything is great, so enjoy it.

I'm Yvonne. I'm from Australia. I've been in Argentina with Mente Argentina for two months, and I'm a journalism intern. I would definitely recommend Mente to anybody who's looking to live, study, intern, or volunteer abroad, because it's so handy to have a support network you know you can rely on, especially if it's your first time living overseas or your first time embarking on an adventure in a different country. They were great. They had a bunch of social activities, which were perfect for getting to know other people from other countries and for exploring the area you're living in. It was always easy to be in contact with them, and I never felt scared or left in the dark with anything I came across. They made the whole process very easy, so I definitely recommend them.

My name is Hanna, and I'm Mads. We are from Denmark, and we've been in Argentina for about a month. I'm doing the Spanish program because I want to speak Spanish better, and I got connected with a Spanish school. I got to do an internship for about a month at a marketing business, a very small business, so I actually got my hands on everything. That was awesome. It was a great experience. We got to know a lot of different people from all over the world and got to talk to them, and at the same time we got to know the entire city through Mente Argentina's activities. You go to all different parts of the city, which is amazing, so you see everything. We've been here for a month and we've seen the entire city, and it's been a really great experience. I really recommend Mente Argentina. If you're coming here, whatever you do, an internship, learning Spanish, just staying for a while, or university, go with Mente Argentina, because you get this kind of network from the beginning and you feel at home, and you won't feel homesick. It's great. I really liked the empanada class. The empanada experience is great, and the wine here, everything. I love the culture. It's amazing.

Hi, I'm Langley. I'm from Boston, Massachusetts, and I did a two-week photography program with Mente. I stayed with a host family in Buenos Aires while I was here. I really loved the city, and I loved the Mente program. It was really helpful. The photography was also really good. I learned a lot, and the teachers were really helpful. I would recommend it.

Hi everyone, I'm Jesse, 24 years old, from the Netherlands, and I just spent the past five weeks with Mente doing a combination of the wine program and the intensive Spanish program. I think Mente was a great experience for me. The good thing I found with Mente was that it is very immersive. I had a lot of Spanish lessons and also a lot of wine classes in Spanish, and that for me was a great way to learn. The people were excited to be here. Also, big thanks to the staff, who were always there when I ran into issues. I had a great time.

My name is Addy, and I'm from Portland, Oregon. I did an internship program and an intensive Spanish course with Mente Argentina for two months. I did an internship with the BA Cup. I learned a lot, I had some great roommates, I learned a lot of Spanish, and I love Buenos Aires. I'll definitely be coming back.

If you are considering Mente Argentina, I highly recommend it. I had a great experience here. I had some experience with Argentina before being part of this program, so I came with a high level of expectation, and I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed the excursions and the social time, but I also had an opportunity to see Argentina as someone who lived here. Before, I had come here on weekends, but when you live someplace you have a very different experience. I highly recommend that you leave all of your expectations at home, that you come with your eyes wide open and your heart open, and that you enjoy the food, the wine, the company, and speaking castellano. He is a good guy. All of the gestures and everything. The people here at the program were fantastic. There was not one detail that was overlooked, and I highly suggest that you come here to Argentina. My name is Scott Coleman, and I was part of the wine tasting and the cooking classes, as well as photography. By far my favorite was the photography. It was a surprise. Try something new. If you see all of the offerings, try something new that you have never done before.

My name is Hugh Fitzpatrick. I'm from Australia. I just finished two and a half months with Mente Argentina, doing their internship program and Spanish courses. From the very first evening I arrived, when Ari met me at the apartment, it was a really good experience. Ari looked after me really well. David was always great with his emails about any questions or issues I had. I stayed in a shared apartment with three other people, and they were all really cool. It was great meeting people from Belgium and Switzerland, and more Swiss people. I would really recommend Mente Argentina. They set you up with some really good activities, and it's really easy to meet people who are here for a similar amount of time. I definitely made friends I can now see on my future travels. Activities we did, like the Argentine Experience, making empanadas in the shape of interesting things, were good fun, and La Bomba del Tiempo on Monday nights was always great. There were also pub crawls, tours to La Boca, graffiti tours, and going to the Teatro Colón, which was really good. I had an absolutely great time, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their Spanish, get a good reference from the organization you work with, and just have a blast. So do it.

Hi, my name is Kalina. I'm a college student from California. I'm doing two months here with Mente Argentina, doing the Spanish program and the photography. I have really enjoyed both of the programs. My Spanish has improved a lot since I got here. At first it was hard to understand the Argentine accent, but you get it quick, and the photography program is amazing. I ended up doing a big project, copying the work of Coppola, who was a street photographer in Buenos Aires in the 1930s. It was a really good way to get to know the city, to travel around, and to know more places and the history. Mente Argentina has really good activities for students. I made a lot of friends going to their different activities, and it is really nice to have them multiple times a week, I think every day. It is a very cool program.

I'm Brad Buller. I'm from Denver, Colorado. We cooked together with a lot of cool people, who gave me some tips, and we made delicious food. It was really fun, a lot of fun. The Spanish program was great. I took some Spanish back in the States, but here it was a lot more. The classes were small. My class had five people. We all became really good friends. We went to lunch afterwards. I learned a lot of Spanish. It is four hours, so it seems kind of daunting, but you learn a lot. They help you out a lot. You just kind of talk, and I got a huge improvement in just a month. Overall I had a great experience with Mente. I did the activities, and going out at night during the week was so much fun and inexpensive, and it is a great way to see the city. Definitely do Mente.

My name is Jerry. I am here in Buenos Aires for five months, in addition to two months of Spanish. I came here knowing very, very little about the language. That was part of the challenge that I wanted. Fortunately I had help from Mente, getting a great apartment in a great part of the city, help organizing the program, and they basically made the whole process a lot easier. I can't imagine going through that without someone here helping me. That would have been ridiculous, and I would recommend it.

My name is Jerel Kelly. I'm from the UK, and I did an internship in international business and trade. My experience here was very good. I've enjoyed my time. I've learned a lot of Spanish, and my Spanish has improved. I would say one of the best immersion techniques you can do is to go full-blown into the Spanish-speaking world, or the Latin world. One of my favorite things about the city is the nightlife. Everyone and everything is open later than in Europe, which is different, and I quite like it. There's a lot of food here. The steak is amazing, the best I've had so far in the world. I would definitely recommend that anyone join Mente Argentina, or look them up and find information on courses or anything else they would like to do. I would definitely recommend them. My time here in Buenos Aires is coming to an end now, and I can definitely say I've enjoyed it.

My name is Gwin. I'm from Germany, and I did an internship that was basically social work. I helped kids in school and helped them with their homework. It was really awesome. I improved my Spanish a lot. I thought I could speak some Spanish, but when I came here I realized I couldn't speak anything. I traveled a lot, and I met so many new people here. That was awesome. I really can recommend it. You should make the best of it. Just try to do as much as you can, as much as you can afford. Meet new people, be open-minded, and try to improve your Spanish. Otherwise it won't be worth coming here, if you can't speak to anybody and you can't socialize.

I have just spent the past two months in Buenos Aires doing the Tango Program combined with the Spanish program, and it has been amazing. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to learn a new language, and you can hear a lot about the culture through the tango program. With the Tango Program especially, I just fell in love. The instructors were amazing. I loved going to milongas at night, and the extra dance lessons, and there were plenty of possibilities to meet new people. Mente takes really good care of you. If anyone is considering going, you should definitely consider it. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I am Tony McGuire, and I am from England. I came here through Mente to do the Spanish and tango classes, which were amazing. I have improved so much. I have been here for three months now. I actually extended my stay for an extra month because I have enjoyed it so much. I have done so many things here, both cultural and just general partying, and I have met loads of people. I am excited to do more. I have done some trips around Argentina, and I am about to go to Patagonia, so I am excited for that.

My name is Zach. I came to Argentina through Mente Argentina for a public health internship. I worked at a senior care facility for two months, and everything has been pretty great. Mente is very helpful. Every time I had a problem or I needed something, I could speak with Marcelo or any of the coordinators, and it was done very quickly. The accommodations were fantastic. Anytime there was a problem there, again, I simply had to ask, and it was taken care of. Mente does a great job helping you experience the city. They have lots of activities, like pizza tours, wine tasting, and picnics in the park. There is access to activities in the city that are a great way to meet local people. There are a lot of free activities or discount activities. You can go to the majority of the activities here. I would say it is a great experience, and I highly recommend Mente Argentina and Argentina.

Hi, I'm Stephanie. I came to Buenos Aires for three weeks with Mente Argentina, and I did the wine course here for two weeks and had some one-to-one lessons in Spanish. I loved the wine course. It was great. It was this tiny little school up in Las Cañitas, which is a very nice neighborhood too. They took very good care of me, and we had wine tasting classes, which were really fun, tasting a lot of different wines from all over the Mendoza and Salta regions. Then I had some private lessons where I got to know some theory about the wine, the grapes, and so on. I lived in Palermo in a private apartment, which is really, really nice, very spacious, with a lot of light and a nice view. I enjoyed my stay. I was sad that I had to leave, and I can really recommend Mente Argentina.

Hi, my name is Laura, and I stayed with Mente for about one month. It was an amazing experience. I highly recommend them. They just take care of so many of the things that normally you have to deal with and plan yourself when you are traveling and first arriving in a new country. I really appreciated all their help. Someone picked me up from the airport and took me to the apartment that Mente had for me, and then someone met me at the apartment, showed me how the subway worked, got me a SIM card, helped me change cash, just literally everything I needed. It showed me the basics of how the city worked. The Spanish classes were really great. They really helped me learn a lot more about the city and helped me integrate much more quickly. The Mente events every week were always a lot of fun. It was amazing how much they included in the price. It really made it feel like it was worth it. I feel like I was able to see so much more of Buenos Aires than I would have been able to on my own. Normally when you travel by yourself, there are always these little things that come up, inconveniences where you spend money you don't expect to, and Mente really helps you not run into that situation, because they show you the best way to go about doing things, and where the best places are to eat, and the best weekend trips, and just everything. I highly recommend them. They were super organized, super responsive, and just a lot of fun. Best of both worlds.

My name is Matthias Rosco. I'm from England, near London, and I was doing an internship here. The people there were so friendly. It was a relaxed environment, and it was so good for my Spanish, because it was non-stop Spanish all the time. It was hard to keep up, which makes it so much easier to learn quickly. I really enjoyed it. There were loads of other interns, people my age, really multicultural, from all over South America as well as from Europe. My roommates were awesome. I was living with a girl from Poland, a girl from California, and a guy from Germany, and they're all really good friends even now. It's going to be really sad to leave them. The apartment was the perfect place, two blocks from the subway, really close to Recoleta, and really close to the center, so anywhere you want to go, bars, restaurants, whatever, it's perfect. You have to take advantage of Argentina as well. It was probably the best weekend since I've been here. A group of about 15 of us went, and it was a complete blast, three days in the sun by the pool. It's amazing, and you have to do that. People I know went to Patagonia and said it was amazing. The people are awesome as well. They're really friendly and so easy to get along with. If you have any problems, just go ask them. They're completely friendly, and that's it.

Hi, I'm Kirani. I'm Australian. I go to university in Perth, Western Australia. I came to Buenos Aires three months ago to study Spanish and to check out the city, and to decide if I want to come back here and live. I've loved it. My school was amazing. I studied in the center of town. It's amazing. My classmates were amazing. My teachers were so helpful and so interesting, such a good bunch of people. It was really good being in the school, because you've got kind of your own group of friends. I love Buenos Aires. It's such a great city. There's just so much to do all the time. If you want to go out at 2:00 in the morning on a Sunday, you can do that, but at the same time there's a really laid-back vibe to the whole place, so you don't get stressed out. It's been really great through the whole thing. It's been really good to have people around who, if you screw something up, or if you get lost somewhere, or if you just need someone to ask about something, are there as backup. This whole thing has been a really great experience, and I really recommend it to anybody who wants to get out of their country for a while.

Hi, my name is Julien. I'm from Canada. I was in Buenos Aires for seven weeks for intensive Spanish classes. I lived in an apartment, which I would recommend to everyone, because you get to live with other foreigners. You get to party with them and go out. It's easier to get to know the city because they've been here for a while. I think living in an apartment is a great way to live like an Argentine person. You get to take the bus with them with a SUBE card. I definitely recommend an apartment. Buenos Aires in general is just great. It's a safe city. There's good food, and food is cheap. It's a good place to go out, and the people in general are really nice. I would definitely recommend the city for sure. I hope this helps, and thank you.

Hi, I'm Allie Shapiro, and I have been here for two weeks with Mente Argentina. It is great. I am doing a homestay. My family helps me with everything. They are super welcoming and warm. I have been taking some classes. It has been very intense, but very good. Even though I have been here for a little bit, I feel like I am definitely learning a lot. I am also doing a barman program, and their bartending classes are really cool, very hands-on, and there are a lot of people from around the city who do it as well, and other foreigners, like people from Colombia and Brazil, so it is nice. It has been a really great experience. Mente provides an ample amount of opportunity to do whatever you want to do. It is awesome.

I'm from Norway, and I did the barman course with Mente Argentina. I love the city, I love the people, I love making cocktails, and I am getting really good at the flair. Thanks a lot to Mente Argentina, and everybody should come to Buenos Aires.

Hello, my name is Leanne Chen, and I'm from New York. The one thing I love about Buenos Aires is that it's really the center of Argentina. The school put me at a language school called IBL, which is right in the center of the city, on Florida Street. I was able to accomplish my goal, which was to do Spanish courses during the week, and on the weekend I was able to take a trip. I'm actually going to Patagonia tomorrow, so it's very exciting. I loved my accommodation. As you can see, this is the view I have of the city. It's right by Plaza Italia, and I have a great view of the green.

I was only in the language program for a week. I learned a lot about Argentine history, culture, literature, and politics, and of course the awesome nightlife, while learning a little Spanish along the way. I really like how the Mente program emphasized cultural immersion and offered various cultural activities, such as the activities and the bike tour. Those were two of my favorites, and of course they are free, so why not. But for me, the reason I participated in Mente was for the DJ program. I did this for just two weeks, and it was awesome. The instructor for this program was really, really cool. Two weeks, for me, was not enough, but it certainly was an experience I will never forget. Thank you again for fostering a strong sense of community among the participants.

Hi, I'm Katie. I'm from Washington, DC, and I'm here in Buenos Aires doing Mente Argentina's intensive Spanish program. I completed level three. We've had a really nice time meeting lots of great people in the program and walking around Buenos Aires and seeing a lot of the great sights. We've had a really good time. And I'm Avital. I'm from New York, doing the same program as Katie. It's been a lot of fun. I was level one and learned a lot of Spanish in two weeks, so that was great. Two weeks has been a lot of fun. We have seen, I think, almost everything. We've eaten a lot of alfajores and drunk a lot of wine. It's been a really great few weeks.

My name is Stephen Jensen. I come from the United States of America. I came here to enroll in the intensive Spanish program facilitated by Mente Argentina. It went really well. The school is really nice, in the heart of the city. The professors were incredibly friendly and helpful and tended to a lot of the students' needs. I lived in a shared apartment with three other people. All my roommates were incredibly nice. I think I lived with five different people throughout the time, and everyone was incredibly kind and gracious. Things we did included activities like the Argentine Experience. It was a lot of fun, and it's a great way to meet some of the people in town. The city itself was incredibly friendly, from the taxi drivers to people at restaurants. Going out to bars and clubs, it's really easy to get along and meet other people. I just want to say thank you for all the things that this program afforded me. All the people were incredibly gracious and incredibly nice. I couldn't really ask for anything more.

I'm Barbara. I'm 24 years old, and I'm from Lisbon, Portugal. I was here in Buenos Aires doing the intensive Spanish program for a month, and it was very useful for me to come with Mente Argentina because I was coming all by myself. I really wanted to have an experience in South America, so I started searching for programs, and this was the only program I really felt comfortable going with. From the first day I got here, when I arrived at the residence, I was living with 15 people, so I had friends from the first hour, and it was a very comfortable stay. From the organization, everything was really organized even before I got here, so I had all the details well set out. When I got here I started classes, and the school was really nice. Apart from that, Buenos Aires just has a really big dynamic. It's a city with a lot of things to do and a lot of places to see. In one month I can say that I still had things left to see in Buenos Aires, but it was very intense. We made the most of it. The Mente events were also very useful for getting to know the city. I would definitely recommend it to someone who is looking for a valuable experience in a different country, in a very organized way.

I'm Felizia from Switzerland. I was here for eight weeks at a language school learning Spanish. It was an amazing time. In those eight weeks I had so many things that were new for me, and that was amazing. I came here with no Spanish at all, and I decided to do this program on quite short notice, and everything worked out fine. I'm very thankful to Mente Argentina that they organized my room and my school, and everything went very smoothly. What was also very nice was seeing all these new people from all over the world, not least because of Mente Argentina, since they organized all these gatherings we could come to. Argentina is fun. You eat so well here. Don't miss the best ever. I hope you enjoy your stay if you're coming as well.

My name is Allison. I am here with Mente Argentina doing the intensive Spanish program. I picked a four-week program, and it has been an absolute blast, from the moment we got picked up at the airport and taken to our host mom's house. We ended up staying with a local, and she's been wonderful too. There are tons of weekly activities planned every week for Mente students, and most of them, if not all of them, are already paid for. We've been really impressed with how much support we've had from Mente, especially considering how affordable the program was. We thought it would be a really basic outline of what a program could be, just that they'd be there if we needed anything, but they've been active in making sure they're here for us every step of the way. It's definitely been a blast. We depart this Sunday, so we're really sad to be leaving, but we're really happy that we came here with Mente, and I would highly recommend it for anybody who's considering spending a semester, or just a month, or however long here in Buenos Aires.

Hello, my name is Emmanuel. I'm 28 years old, and I'm from Italy. I spent the last month in Buenos Aires with Mente, doing two activities, an intensive Spanish course and a DJ course. I will start with the first one. I had a great time during the Spanish course. I had never studied Spanish before, and from Italian it wasn't too difficult to get the basics going. The school that I got through Mente was really good, in a really nice atmosphere, and it was really a pleasure taking Spanish classes there. Then, the DJ course. It was a bit more of a peculiar choice. I had no expectations, really, because I don't know what a DJ course would be like, but it ended up being a lot of fun. I have been thinking about doing a DJ course for many years, and now I figured I had the time, and it turned out to be fun. I feel like in just a few classes I got the basics that I need to practice once I go back home, so I would definitely recommend it. In general, Mente made it very easy to get settled in Buenos Aires. It was a very plug-and-play way of getting here. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, and there is always something to do, any day, any night. I would absolutely recommend coming to Buenos Aires. It is a great place to learn Spanish, because the people here are very friendly and very welcoming, and that makes it very easy to find someone to practice the language with. I would gladly come back. I hope this can be useful to you if you are watching. Thank you.

My name is Mona. I'm from New Jersey, in the United States. I came here for a little bit over a week. I came mainly to study Spanish. I took a five-day Spanish class through the Mente Argentina program, and I also came to tour around the city between Christmas and New Year's. I totally recommend, if you want to come to Buenos Aires, that you stay for over a week, at least two weeks. I think two weeks is more than enough, but not less than that, because now I'm sad I'm going back home and I'm not happy. But it is what it is. Also, I recommend that whatever you plan to do here in the city, or in Argentina in general, you reach out to a Mente Argentina representative and tell them what you plan to do and what kind of excursions you want. They helped me a lot. Every time I had a question, I'd email David or any other representative, and they answered very quickly, by email and by text. They had a lot of good ideas for me and sent me a lot of helpful links. It's very important that you reach out to a representative, because if you're in a new country, you don't know where to go and you don't know what to do. You really need someone to help you. I also liked that they were very helpful in arranging an apartment. The apartment is very convenient, very close to the subway station, within about a five- or seven-minute walk. I love everything and I just don't want to leave, but I have to go back home. So that's it.

My name is Blake, and I'm from the US. I was a participant with Mente Argentina for about two months. Right now, as I'm giving this interview, I am on a gap year between high school and college. I decided to take my gap year because I wanted to travel the world a little bit more and maybe work on my Spanish. I did a program in the fall in Asia, and afterwards I didn't really have any plans, so my friends and I decided to travel in South America. We spent a little time in Bolivia and Chile, and then I decided that I just wanted to settle down a little bit and spend more time in a city like Buenos Aires and practice my Spanish. Over the internet I found Mente Argentina, and I was communicating with Marcelo and David, and it was a super simple process. I had no knowledge about Buenos Aires, or how to navigate the process, or how to find a homestay or a place to live, or a Spanish school to study at. Mente Argentina was super helpful with all of those things. They were a great intermediary. Through them I was able to find the Spanish school, which has been such an amazing time. I've gotten to meet so many cool people from all over the world, and my Spanish has gotten so much better in only a few weeks. When I got here, I had basically spoken no Spanish, even though I had taken Spanish class for my entire life, which is the experience of a lot of people in the US. Through my time here I've been able to have conversations with Argentines, and it's been such an awesome opportunity, and I'm so grateful for that. Mente was also an awesome opportunity because, during my time in my apartment, I was able to have conversations with my host mom and learn more about Argentina, the porteño lifestyle, and the history of Argentina. That's been such an integral part of my time here in Buenos Aires, and I'm so grateful to Mente for both of those opportunities. While I was here I was also able to connect with so many different people from all over the world, from Italy, Holland, the US, Britain, other parts of Europe, and South America, and that was all because of Mente. It created an amazing network. I was able to go to events, free events, where we could drink and eat and play games and do all different kinds of things, and see different parts of the city. Without Mente I wouldn't have been able to see them, just because I didn't know about them. We were able to learn a lot about the city from some of the people who work here, who might be foreigners but have spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires and have a really cool perspective on the city, and they were able to teach us a lot about it. I'm so grateful for Mente and everything they were able to provide during my time here. It was unforgettable, and I would definitely recommend joining them.

My name is Brandon. I'm from the United States, and I'm here doing the intensive Spanish program with Mente Argentina. It's been a blast so far. Buenos Aires is awesome. There's so much to do, and the Mente staff have been awesome at coordinating events for us, or reimbursing events. If you want to take a trip outside of the city a little bit, they'll help you plan that, and they might even reimburse you for some of those events. The school they set you up with is awesome. We've learned so much Spanish, and it's super personalized when you're here, so that part has been awesome as well. I'm super sad that my time is coming to an end, but I've had so much fun here in Buenos Aires, and I would highly recommend that anyone do a program with Mente Argentina.

My name is Kewin, and I came here with Mente Argentina. My experience was great. I love Argentina. I stayed here for three months. I was part of the university program, but then I changed to the Spanish program. I strongly recommend this school, because the teachers were awesome and the staff is super cool. If you want to study here in Argentina to learn Spanish really fast, and good Spanish, you will learn more than Spanish. The accommodation was great. I lived in a super safe and nice neighborhood with bars and night activities. Being with Mente was great, especially the staff, because I was in contact with them. If I needed anything, I could call them in whatever situation and they would try to arrange it. For instance, I needed to receive some stuff from my home country, and they sent me the address in a short amount of time. In any situation they will help you really fast, because trust is something really important in Argentina.

I have been doing programs in Argentina. I have been doing Spanish, doing volunteer work, and just exploring the city. I did Spanish classes for the first three weeks. They were very small, so we were able to learn, and we also spoke a lot. That was really good for Spanish, and especially for me to refresh everything I knew. After these three weeks I felt ready to continue without the Spanish lessons. This was also because of my volunteer program, which I also really liked. In my volunteer program I have been organizing many events, and I have done this with other people from South America, which was also really great again for the Spanish, because you are really in an immersion setting. I have really enjoyed doing this. I have been able to meet a lot of people through this volunteering as well. We have also gone to a lot of places. We have gone bowling. I also had a dance night. My favorite activity was going to a really beautiful place nearby. I also got there by bus from Palermo, and I think that was one of my favorite places here in Buenos Aires. For the rest, I really enjoyed the city in general. I really liked the vibe, and the fact that there is life every second of the day, and that there is also a really impressive nightlife. The public transportation, in my opinion, was really well organized. I have mainly taken the subway. I have used the colectivos, the buses, a bit less, because I haven't really figured out yet exactly how they work, but I definitely recommend them. I also recommend walking, because it is a great way to explore the city. I have also really enjoyed the food here. Especially the sweets are really good. The people are also really friendly, and they are always willing to help me further with my Spanish. In general it has just been a really cool experience. I am a bit sad that I am only staying for five weeks, but I am definitely planning on coming back very soon, so that I can explore more of the city, perhaps even more of Argentina.

My name is Geraldine, and I'm very glad to say that I've spent four weeks here with Mente Argentina in Buenos Aires, and it's been fantastic. The most important thing for me about Mente Argentina was that they picked me up at the airport. They welcomed me, and they had an apartment ready for me when I got here, with various supplies. Then I was able to do Spanish classes and take my time, but I always had them to call if there was an emergency, or even if I just wanted a question answered about the subway and how things worked. I can't recommend it enough. It's a really easy way to come to a new city, and it's great because you meet loads of like-minded people who are interested in discovering things, and you have instant friends. It's a big thumbs up for Mente Argentina, and honestly I would do it again.

My name is Kaylene Kosla, and I'm from Pueblo, Colorado. I have loved my time with Mente Argentina. I found Mente Argentina online when I was trying to find a place in South America where I could study Spanish and really try to improve to a higher level. I'm so glad I ended up in Buenos Aires with Mente Argentina. They've been awesome, getting me from the airport to my homestay, with the best host mom I could have ever asked for. The classes I attend are really beneficial and are helping me improve my language as well. I highly recommend Mente Argentina in Buenos Aires.

I recently spent six weeks in Buenos Aires with Mente Argentina. I went to take Spanish classes, and the classes were really great, really interactive, and really engaging. I'm really happy with how my Spanish improved. Mente Argentina were also fantastic. They set up a lot of tours and activities for me, and they took the whole group out for meals and other really cool things around the city, which I really enjoyed. The group itself was also really neat, a lot of really cool people from around the world that I'm so lucky to have met through Mente Argentina. The staff were so helpful. They set me up right away with a SIM card, a transit pass, and currency information, and then throughout the whole trip they were always making sure that I was comfortable, that I was having a great time, and that I knew what was going on around the city. Overall, I'm so thankful to have been there with Mente Argentina, and I can't wait to visit again.

Hi, my name is Jimmy. I've been doing an internship with Mente Argentina, and it's really great. It's really helpful that they put in lots of fun activities. My internship was great, my boss was awesome, I learned a lot, and I learned Spanish while I was here. It was great.

Hi, my name is Jarryd. I came here with Mente Argentina. I did the six-month intensive culinary program. It was an awesome program. I learned so much about cooking, and now I am going back with my certificate to San Diego. It was awesome. Mente Argentina was more than accommodating with us for the whole six months. We had lots of questions.

My name is Savanna, and I'm from Louisville, Kentucky. I go to university, and I'm majoring in Spanish. I came to Buenos Aires through Mente Argentina because it was very highly recommended by my advisers at my school, and I'm super happy I did. Throughout the two months I've been here volunteering, they've stayed connected with me the whole way. There are always events you can go to on their Facebook, and they are more than happy to answer any questions you have. More than anything, I wanted to practice the language, castellano, and I already knew Spanish pretty well. The volunteering program was also super awesome, because I was able to work with kids and people outside of everyday city life, so I saw a completely different side of the city that you usually wouldn't get to see. I'm very happy I came through Mente Argentina, and they've been with me every step of the way. I've gotten to know several different areas in Buenos Aires, and I'll tell you, it's a good place to come to.