Spiritual Retreat

This weekend we went on a Spiritual Retreat at an estancia (ranch) about two hours outside of Buenos Aires. We left on Friday morning, as class was cancelled that day! :) It was pretty smoky, because there have been fires outside of Buenos Aires, so it was nice to get out of the city. To relieve our Peru memories, Amy, Jessie, and I decided to share a room again. We had our own bathroom, and the room was pretty nice. The estancia had a lot of animals, like sheep, cows, peacocks, chickens, rabbits, and of course, horses. I am not a fan of horses, and so at first I was adamant about not riding one, but I decided that since I was in Argentina, I needed to take the risk and ride a horse. So off we went for 15 pesos on a horse ride. They just saddled us up and let us go wherever we wanted. At first, my horse was being quite stubborn, so the stable man gave me a stick to hit him with, but of course I didn't use it. There was also a spa there, so a lot of us got massages because they were extremely cheap. The food was alright, but not as good as I had expected. I had a lot of fun because I got to hang out with and get to know a lot of people better, some of whom I wouldn't have gotten to know otherwise. The theme for the weekend was change, and we talked a lot about how we have changed since our time in Buenos Aires. Basically, it was nice to have a relaxing weekend before this insane week I have ahead of me! We have classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and then finals on Thursday and Friday. It is the craziest week ever. I can't believe I will be home in a little over a week! I am excited to see everyone, but I will definitely miss Buenos Aires.

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