Semana Internacional

The students at la Universidad de Montevideo got to experience the first ever International Week which took place this past Wednesday through Friday. A few of the international students participated by giving presentations on their home countries and universities. Honestly, I had class during both days of presentations so I can't really say too much about them though I was able to see a little bit of the Powerpoint slideshow by our Canadian students before I had to scoot to class. However, I did hear good things about these charlas from the domestic students who attended. I'll take their word for it.

Then on Friday we had everyone come together to eat food and play games from their respective countries. Unfortunately, this day didn't incite much participation and only three countries were represented. I'd like to think it was something about the event taking place in the evening on a Friday, but who knows. The uruguayans loved this day the most though. They were able to build a true mexican piñata thanks to Saira, enjoy an apple and grape strudel made by Nina from Germany, and dive into a marble cake decorated with M&Ms embedded in the frosting, chocolate chips cookies, and sugary sweet tea straight from the southern part of the States thanks to Sunny and me. I admit I only did the tea. My reasoning is this: I can barely cook a decent meal for myself yet alone a savory dish representative of my own country. Plus, the people needed something to drink. So, really I was thinking of the group as a whole with my decision to stick to beverage making. You're welcome.

In other news, more pictures have been added to the Picasa web albums if you haven't checked it out recently. They all still aren't up yet because my USB likes to says its full when its not