I found a home away from home a few weeks ago as the realization set in that I was actually going to have exams here in this beautiful city. I needed a quiet place to read. La Biblioteca Nacional de Buenos Aires is pretty sweet and located only a fifteen minute commute by bus or subte from my neighborhood. It gives the Lauinger Library a run for its money (Georgetown's library) in the contest for most BIZARRELY structured building. The arctitecture inside and out screams 70s, but it's one of the best places I've found to study for my Latin American Politics and International Organizations classes! It has a view northward on the sixth floor of the Rio de la Plata that's pretty exquisite on clear days and full of students drinking maté and pouring over notes and photo-copies. In Argentina it's most common that students print photo-copies of their texts rather than purchase expensive textbooks - for my reading materials thus far I've paid hardly $40... can't argue with that!
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| La Biblioteca Nacional - resembles Lauinger, huh? There's also a legit cafe where I had an amazing Irish Coffee the other week as I studied! |
One Sunday when I arrived at the library there was a concert happening! Though it was brisk outside I decided to sit in the sun and listen to the Argentine National Symphony perform a few beautiful songs as I dabbled with my grammar assignments. I'm proud to say that as of today - the end of September I've taken two
parciales (midterms) and I think (emphasis on
think) that I passed both with the score of 4... Time will tell! Check back soon for stories about ultimate frisbee, my trip to the Andes and human rights tribunals!
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| This is one of the four main buildings that makes up la Universidad Catolica de Argentina, found in Puerto de Madero. I cross this street probably six times a week! |
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