Troy W.                                               Venezuela

         About three days ago I returned from my 7 week adventure in Venezuela, It was amazing! I saw all sorts of people and some amazing animals, except I don't know what most of the animals were called. I had so much fun and I went a few amazing sights! First, I went to the Orincoco Delta, it's the longest river there and it splits apart into a bunch of other rivers at the delta all over Venezuela. There were people rafting and floating the calm parts of the river, I even saw some huge fish! Next, I went to Angel Falls, it is a huge and amazing waterfall that drops over 1000 meters! It was amazing and the mist coming from the dropping water made a bunch of rainbows everywhere! Finally, my absolute, hands down, favorite experience there was Margarita Island! On the island there are a bunch of super fun night clubs that me and my new friend Santiago were chilling out having a few lemonades, chocolate milk, popsicles, and juice boxes. So after my bro Santiago and I were done chillin at the clubs, we went to the western side of the island for some pretty awesome scenery. I even bought matching sweaters for Santiago and I! The west side had some mountains that you could hike on and that was a blast! After the hiking and the scenery, Santiago got really sad because he thought he lost his hand but really it was just in his sweater sleeve because the sleeves were really long. So after about ten minutes of explaining to Santiago that he didn't actually lose his hand, we felt like we should go to the gun ranges because Santiago had a big nerf war coming up in about a month. So on our way to the nerf ranges we got another juice box for each of us. So after the hittin the ranges, we went to the airport for our flight home. Santiago got bored in the airport so he starting singing to everyone. The sad thing was that there was a 34 hour delay and we had to stay at the airport. Some flying companies aren't very good, so I don't hurt anyone's feelings or anything, I'll make up an airline name. Lets call it Delta airlines. But the good thing about the plane was that we saw Bruno Mars on the plane and Santiago and I wanted to impress him so we sang a duet for him and I'm not quite sure what he thought of it because he just rand away from us and the flight attendant made us go back to our seats. Finally, the trip was over and now I'm here, blogging to all of my favorite Spanish class friends about my trip to Venezuela :).

Argintina By: Cole E.

                                     Argentina
                                            By: Cole E.

            The first place i went to in Argentina was Cordoba. It was very beautiful with lots of plants and people and AMAZING FOOD! Assosiated football is the most popular sport in Cordoba, as well as in argentina. I got to play soccer against paylay. I then went to Emilio Caraffa, a musium in Cordoba with Thomas and Matt. Then we went to our hotel the Sheraton Cordoba Hotel and went to bed with great planes in store for the next day.

       
          The next day we went to Plaza De Mayo. Its origins can be traced back to Juan de Garya's foundation of Buenos Aires itself, in 1580. Some of its surroundings are Casa Rosada, Metropaliton cathedral of Buenos Aires, and probably the most famous, May Pyramid or also known as Piramide de Mayo in Spanish. It is the oldest monument in Buenos Aires. We went to most of those and had  lots of fun. My favorite was Casa Rosada. The Plaza de Mayo has always been the focal point of political life in Buenos Aires. Its current name commemorates the May Revolution of 1810, which started the process towards the country's independence from Spain in 1816. That night we decided to camp out so we bought some tints and sleeping bags and, of course, marshmallows, and found a camp spot. The next day, the last day, we had some big planes in store.

            We woke up the next day and we were going to go to Pinamar, mostly for the beach. Two facts set Pinamar apart from most of the other Atlantic Ocean beach cities: it is a planned city with a very strict building code, and it has been artificially turned from wild sand dunes into a forest (mostly of pine trees, which explains the "pina" in the name). The beach was beautiful. The sand, white as snow, and super soft. The city was beautiful with lots beautiful trees. We went to the beach and went surfing. Thomas was bad at it but me and matt were good, because we are from California . The city had  great architecture. That was our last day. We went to our hotel and we thought about all the fun times. But we had to fly away the next day.

           The next day we woke up at 7 a.m. Our plane took off at around 10 so we had to get ready. It was 9 when we got to the airport. We checked our bags in and got on the plane. The plane ride was 8 hours long. The whole time we talked about the trip. As you can see we had a great time. We will remember this for the rest of our lives.

Justin-

When i visited Chile I went skiing in El Colorado. Everyone was wearing there winter coats and eating tacos in the lodge. I also decided to go snow motorcycling. After that i went Heliskiing, but on the way down I tripped and face planted in the snow and rolled down the hill. After that i went down to the lodge, and I bought a taco, it was a yummy taco.

After that I went to a hotsprings where i met my new friend Troyito McBurrito Loco Nacho.then me and Troyito McBurrito Loco Nacho went and got some ice cold apple juice. We sipped the apple juice out of the straw vigorously. After that I had to leave. Me and Troyito McBurrito Loco Nacho had a sleep over and after we woke up I had to go to the airport me and Troyito McBurrito Loco Nacho had a huge bro hug and Troyito McBurrito Loco Nacho cried when I left. My trip to Chile was awesome.

When I came to Chile me and my family went to go look around the city. It was very fun spending time with my family in Chile. When we were done looking around town we went to find a hotel to stay their over night. In a few minuets we found were to stay over night. When the night came we all went to sleep. When we and my family woke up we went to go bird watching. After that we went swimming  at the beach.


After swimming and bird watching we went to a fancy restaurant in the city. I got a very delicious chocolate cake with white chocolate shredded on top of it. It was very good. When we left the restaurant we went for a walk on the beach.

Mark S:
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I visited Chile. It is beautiful! First off, I went bird watching- there were so many different majestic birds to see. I met this girl named Maria, she was born in Spain but then moved here because of a job. So she was getting used to things and trying to see what its like. Just like me!!! We became really good friends ever since the start. I still keep good touch with her and we write letters to each other. She is SUPER nice! Then, she asked me if I wanted to go whale watching, so I said yes because someone told me that that was really fun after I asked them what was fun to do. It was so fascinating watching the whales rise from the water. We went off the coast of Coquimbo, but there is other places that you could have gone. Then, finally we got to go to the beach off Dalmas Island!!!!! It was my favorite thing to do while I was there. I love the warm weather so much! We met some really nice people there. All in all there is so many different things to do in Chile, but I choose to go bird and whale watching and go to the beach. I hope I can go back soon!

Heather T. (:

Kristen Y.- Argentina

What did I do when I went to Argentina for three days? I went to three different places. I went to the Iguazu National Park, Los Glaciares National Park, and Puerto Madryn.

I spent my first day at the Iguazu National Park. the Iguazu National Park is the most gorgeous place on earth. It is a not just any old waterfall it is a ginormous waterfall in Argentina. It is nearby a tropical rainforest. I had some much fun at the giant waterfall. I literally rode on the waterfall to the bottom where I swam and had fun with my friends.

 

My second day at Argentina I spent the day in completely opposite weather at Los Glaciares National Park. At Los Glaciares National Park I rode a boat directly underneath the glacier! It was freezing cold, but such a neat experience. One of my stupid decisions, to see what would happen I stuck out my tongue on one of the icebergs and my tongue got stuck on the iceberg let me just say my tongue was hurting for the next few days luckily it was almost my last day.

Lastly I switched weather again and went to Puerto Madryn. Puerto Madryn is a beautiful place it's, ... a beach. Beaches are my favorite I love the warm weather it feels so great on my skin, I especially love playing in the ocean water. I also went on a submarine trip, and saw tons of marine animals I enjoyed swimming with them it was so much fun.

That is what I did on my three day trip in Argentina.

Iguazu National Park
http://www.hiren.info/desktop-wallpapers/natural-pictures/iguazu-national-park_argentina



Puerto Madryn
 http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g312832-Puerto_Madryn_Province_of_Chubut_Patagonia-Vacations.html



Los Glaciares National Park- Day
http://www.8thingstodo.com/perito-moreno-glacier-argentina



Los Glaciares National Park- Sunset
http://www.8thingstodo.com/perito-moreno-glacier-argentina



BY KRISTEN Y.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
PERIOD:3 SPANISH




I recently was in Peru so I decided to go to some famous places, one of which was Machu Picchu.  Machu Picchu is the best preserved Inca civilization.  Machu Picchu was in fact abandoned before the spanish came so the spanish had no idea it even existed.  Machu Picchu's population was about 500 but could hold 700 people and yet even though it could hold all those people it didnt have enough terraces to feed 700 people.

                    Another place i visited while i was in peru was saqsaywaman.  saqsaywaman is the Inca Epire's capital.  like other Incan territories its made with dry stone.  Within the capital there is the town square which can hold over a thousand people in it at once.  Also located in Saqsaywaman is three massive terrace walls which i would assume is used for defense.

                 The last place i visited was huacapacllana.  The huacapcllana is pretty much a big clay pyramid.  It gets its name from the word "pluclla" meaning "play."  The strucure is surrounded by a plaza or town square.  There are however two sections to this landmark seperated by a big wall.  All in all Peru is a great place.




JAY  A. I cant believe it but i spelt my name wrong :(