Olivia's Academic Semester Experience in Buenos Aires

Hello, my name is Olivia. I am a junior. I go to school in the States. I am doing drawing and anatomy drawing classes, and a lot of visual arts classes as well. I am in extension courses right now, which is kind of fun, so I am with people of all ages. I am mostly with Argentinians, so all my classes are in Spanish, and I just get to talk in Spanish and listen in Spanish a lot. I have lived in cities and kind of not in cities. My school is really in the middle of nowhere. There is nothing there, so this was kind of a shock for me. It is so huge and lively, which I have grown to like a lot, because there is always something to do. There is always some dance thing going on. Everyone is kind of doing something. The city has a lot of life. I did come technically in the dead of winter, but it is not the dead of winter, so that was fine. A light coat and you are good. Mente has been great. There are events all the time, twice a week. The coordinator is so much fun, and we all have a blast with her. We go to museums and have a merienda, which is like a snack in the park. That has been so enjoyable, just to have that rhythm of going out and seeing something with a group of people who are also studying here and doing something different here. I have really enjoyed my experience, and now I am going to finish my semester. Being here is nice because you have the opportunities to do other things if you want, not through Mente.