A day in La Boca


Today was our second day in the grand city of Buenos Aires, and although it’s a generally well known fact that I think Chile is better in every which way, Buenos Aires is pretty good too. For the first part of the morning, we had attended a class at Colegio del Salvador. I had la clase de artes, but for the entire time we just talked and watched Youtube videos. I would have liked to learn something, but I’m not one to complain about an hour and half of socializing. From there we met up with Fefo outside, and we took a minibus to the neighborhood of La Boca, home of Boca Juniors, one of the most well-known clubs from Argentina. In my opinion, not as good as River Plate, though.

            First, we visited La Bombonera, which is the stadium that the Club Atletico de Boca Juniors plays at. 


If you’re asking yourself why that name sounds so weird, it’s because it is. The stadium is irregularly shaped, with one side being totally vertical, as opposed to the rounded semi-circle that makes up the other part of the stadium. 


From there we ventured out into the neighborhood itself and took it all in. I saw every color of the rainbow at least once as the houses were all vibrant colors, much like the houses of Valparaiso in Chile. 


 We were then allotted some time to explore for ourselves and stop by in certain tourist shops to buy some stuff if we wanted, or if we just wanted to explore. I bought a Boca Juniors jersey for my host brother’s little sister as a joke, just to see the father’s reaction, and I can tell you it was totally worth it. They are all diehard River Plate fans for those who are curious.  Here's us together before the jersey incident.


We also stopped for lunch of milanesas or pasta and saw a mini-tango show. 


Overall, solid day. Would absolutely do it again.
 

-Nathan Gamache '20

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