Sunday, November 16, 2008

Useful links for Preparing for the Course

Weather:
Here is a site with weather information for Santa Fé and for Buenos Aires.

Health Information
Here is the Center for Disease Control recommendations for Argentina

U.S. State Department
Here is the U.S. State Department Country Information Page for Argentina

Argentina Office of Tourism:

Santa Fé

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Welcome to the J-Term Course in Argentina!

Bienvenidos:

This blog is for students in the 2009 Gustavus Adolphus travel course to Argentina: Argentinean Culture and Identity.  We are very excited to be leading this trip to Professor Kalbermatten's hometown of Santa Fé and to Professor Hanway's favorite city,  Buenos Aires.  

With this blog you will be able to check on our schedule in Argentina, see what we will be doing on any particular day, and find information on how to download readings you will need for Argentina.  This information will be posted after fall semester ends.   As our leaving day approaches, we will be adding advice on what to expect, what to pack, and how to prepare for the course. 

Please give your parents and friends the address of this blog, if you like, so that they, too, can keep track of what you are doing once we are in Argentina.   

If you or your parents have questions about flights, insurance, or payment, please contact Linda Shaw in International Education (lshaw@gac.edu) as she has the information you will need.  

Remember that you need to be on campus on January 5th, as we will be having class on January 5th and 6th.