Kavi sent along some photos from Buenos Aires — on Saturday, they had an expedition to a rural estancia (farm/ranch) and got to ride horses. (Or, as she said, got to sit on the horse and have it walked around in a circle…).
She didn’t find that scary (how could you? look how adorable her horse is!), but she did find it a little nerve-wracking when they were riding in a carriage and she was on the outside and there was nothing to hold on to…but she survived. 
Kavi likes meat, so she enjoyed the farm meal which was empanadas plus something like five different kinds of meat — they brought around sausage, then a different sausage, then beef, then chicken, then a different chicken. But she felt bad for the vegetarians, who just got one bowl of food.
Kev and I were trying to think where you could go to do study abroad in Spanish and still get great, interesting vegetarian food, and I was having a little trouble. Maybe in Spain? Not Argentina, I think, especially not in winter.
I think Kavi’s starting to actually enjoy the trip, though they do keep them very busy, and she would prefer a little more downtime. We chatted for a long time last night — glad we got her on WhatsApp, so we can chat at length for free!
A typical day has them up and out the door by 8:30, with school starting at 9:30, three hours of Spanish lessons, lunch and then some afternoon activities, done at 5:30 – 6, takes an hour to get home on public transit, and then she has two hours of downtime, but also has a lot of homework that she’s usually doing then, with dinner at 9, and bed not too long after. Whew.
Kavi was unscheduled on Sunday, and sounded very relieved about that — she spent a lot of the day sleeping. Hopefully she’s got the hang of things now, and will be able to fit in a little more fun.
This second week, they aren’t expected to go straight home after school, and apparently the kids are talking about going shopping, going to a movie (the new Little Mermaid, in Spanish), or maybe even going dancing (although I’m not sure they’ll able to find someplace to dance that’s open to them between 7-9-ish. We’ll see!
(Kavi’s in the green jacket, kindly loaned to her by her host family, so she’s no longer freezing. So that’s good!)
