University

This morning I went to the opening of the University of Rio Cuarto's new building. The university has numerous campuses across the state, this one in El Bolson has been going for a couple of years. Maria, my host is the head of the university here so she has been hectically busy getting ready for this.

I heard the national anthem for the first time, it is quite a rousing song.

This afternoon, I am going to try to bake Anzac Biscuits and a Pavlova as the local AFS has a fiesta tomorrow at Lago Puelo. The idea is to raise money for a local student to go to Portugal as an AFS student. Hopefully we will be able to sell our products and help out. There are students from New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Russia here so the AFS movement is quite strong.

The students do so well at picking up the language, they just have no fears about using it. Jono is from Christchurch and has been here about six weeks. he is here for a year.

Tonight we have the official AFS welcome so that starts at 9.00pm. Most things don't start until 9 or 9.30pm.