Possible internship and photos from Las Heras

The purpose of this post is really just to share some photos. However, three exciting things have happened in the last few days:

1. Today I met with the internship coordinator—her name is Inés, so we’re already buddies since we have the same name—to talk about my interests. I’ve decided that I want to work with immigrants and that I do not want to do an internship that’s just about working on law (aka working in an office). When I explained this to Inés she said that she knows the perfect place for me. It’s called the Centro Comunitario La Alameda. I don’t know much about it yet, but it’s an organization that “rescues” (that’s their term) Bolivian immigrants who have been forced to work in sweatshops. My understanding is that the organization helps train them to find jobs and helps them with the legalization process if needed. The community center runs a day-care/school for the immigrants’ children, and has a bakery, an artisan cooperative, and a store. Inés told me that one day I might be doing activities with the kids and the next day I might be baking bread with the women and the next day I might be working in the store. It sounds like exactly what I want to do—I’m very excited! It’s not a done deal yet, but Inés is going to call them and see what we can do.

2. I learned that one of the major opera companies here in BA is opening their season (in March) with La Traviata.

3. After managing to stay away from sweets for my entire first week, yesterday I had ice cream (the ice cream here is amazing Italian gilato) and alfajores (cookie sandwiches made with dulce de leche).

Photos from a weekend group assignment in Parque las Heras:

This is Sebastian. He was walking around in the rain just like this, looking so happy! He allowed us to take his photo for our project, as long as I agreed to e-mail it to him. Then he stuck around and chatted. He's a pretty cool guy (and very cute, like every other Argentino....).