From Crepes to Salto

     Due to horrible internet issues here at the UAP is been an entire week since i blogged. TERRIBLE. So quick overview of last week. Last weekend was a four day weekend and it was great....i don't really remember what i did other than sleeping, homework and brunch at Sam's house with Herb, Elena, and Kyle. We made lemon ricotta pancakes but they ended up really being crepes...they were soooo delicious. We ate them with cut fruit and nutella.

 

This was amazing!!

     Today, nearly half of us ACAs went with some Argentinian friends to a swimming hole called Salto. Its basically a big caldron of water with a little waterfall at one end. The walk to get there is a 7k one way. Needless to say it was a bite of a hike, but with such good company it was fun. We left at 8am this morning sneaking our interno (its what they call the people who live in the dorm here) friends out because apparently skipping church is heavily  frowned upon...Opps. So all of us maybe twenty some people made the hike with our coolers and coal and water etc. up a dust dirt road. Its a good thing we went so early in the morning because i was a hot hot hot walk.  But finally getting there was awesome, Callie and i were at the front of the pack because apparently we can (and do on a regular basis) out walk everyone else. I love me some water! The water was kind of brown but i really didn't care anything to be out of the heat. 
     Gosh i just wish i could mentally impart everything i want to say onto here but thats impossible and typing it all would take forever. But me and a few others jumped from the top of the caldron by the waterfall, the water wasn't cold...or was it? I wouldn't know since i don't get cold in water...but i thought it was lovely! A new friend Ezequiel and i climbed back up the mouth of the waterfall and jumped again, but man that was a tricky climb! ....Anyways we made burgers and lounged around and danced some salsa, bachata, and merengue. Callie is always teaching me something new so my dancing is a work in progress, but i'm an eager student. If only learning the Spanish language was as easy as learning to dance....
      Around 2pm Callie, Herb and i were itching to go so we ditched the big group along with Kyle and Franci (ACAs) in our wake. Callie and i were starting to really burn so we walked pretty darn fast and made the 7k back in about an hour and a half instead of the two and a half it took the big group to get there. Needless to say i have a sunburn, blisters, and some very sore legs/feet but it was a good day.
Pictures of the falls will come later.