WESTMINSTER IS IN ARGENTINA!!!

We arrived the 27th and have had been having a great time!
This is a day by day summary of what we have done:
27th- Brunch in the very elegant Cafe Tortoni, City Tour, and dinner at Portend Gourmet in Puerto Madero, a former warehouse district that has been converted into a sophisticated shopping, dinning, living and working area. The buffet style of the restaurant allowed us to try Argentine interpretations of steak, pasta, pìzza, salads and empanadas. Everyone found various dishes that they liked.
28th-Morning visit to the Insituto Espacio para la Memoria, an organization dedicated to recovering the memory of those killed during Argentina´s dirty war from 1976-1983. The director, a ¨disappeared person¨ herself showed us a powerpoint and talked to us about the disappeared. We then visited "Club Atletico", a clandestine detention center and talked with the staff about their work there. We were on our own for lunch. In the afternoon we went to the main square, la Plaza de Mayo, for the weekly march of the mothers of the sqaure. They are so called because they began to protest the disappearance of their children during the military dictatorhsip every Thursday at 3:30 (and have continued ever since). We had the opportunity to meet them afterwards. Afternoon shopping in Abasto at a mall. Dinner more great Argentine food.
29th-Morning visit to la Esma (Mechanics School of the Navy), the primary detention center during the Dirty War. Afterwards a stop at the impactful Parque de la Memoria (Memory Park), which has a Vietnam Memorial type wall with the names of all those who disappeared. After lunch some time free time to sleep (very much needed by this point) and/or shop. In the evening, enjoyable tango lessons for the students, dinner, and a tango and folkloric show.
30th-Morning free (good opportunity for more sleep) and at 3:00 on to the bus station and the almost 7 hour ride to Rafela. A very warm and excited welcome by our hosts at the bus station and an asado (Argentine barbecue) for many of us for dinner.
31st-Day with our families.
June 1st-First day at la Escuela de la Plaza. At 7:30 the daily singing of the national anthem and the raising of the flag. After an orientation session for the students, their Spanish class and regular classes at the school. The seniors prepared exquisite Choripan (sausage wrapped in bread) and empanadas for lunch and then a cooking class, showing how to make typical Argentine desserts (Chocolinas and Pasta Flora), which we really enjoyed sampling afterwards.
2nd-Back at school, getting settled into a routine, with classes but free time as well to take it all in. Students report that the first evening with their families was a little ackward (as it was for me and Sofia as well with our families) but since then great and that they are having a good time. Later this afternoon a visit to a local music museum.