At times be a solo traveler is fairly difficult.Ya, you go to new places and meet some interesting characters, but you’re never in a fixed place and you never have a good friend to share things with.You build short very intimate relationships with other solo travelers out of necessity, but every 4 days or so you move on your own separate paths and you are once again alone.There’s something to be said to have common memories with someone: inside jokes, reminiscing, “Remember that time when.” But when traveling alone you don’t get that.When I was in Mendoza I built a pretty close knit community of friends like I said, out of necessity.Keith and I happened to be in the same hostel for the exact same time frame, we saw sights together, shared food, drank, but then inevitably after 4 days we parted and will likely never see each other again.That’s the nature of meeting people from all over the globe; it is very likely that you will never again cross paths.Oh well, sorry for getting deep but it’s something that often gets forgotten and pushed aside because you often just remember the good times and conveniently forget the gritty details.Rosy retrospection.Well now I’m in a new place and I need to meet some new people and start the process over again. P.S. I wrote this like 8 hours ago but couldn't post it, just to put your minds at ease I've already met a bunch of people again so I'll be good.
Classes started last Monday and I have been very busy. Here's a sample of a weekly schedule: Basically, I have 6 classes: Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Organizational Behavior, Ethics, and Microeconomics. Given that INSEAD is a one year program attempting to cover 80% of the material of a two year MBA, they cram in a lot of class time. So far the material has been very easy as it is all entry level stuff that I already covered in undergrad. For example, I was an accounting and finance major so I have taken 9 accounting courses and 6 finance courses. At INSEAD I am taking introduction to finance and accounting. Similarly, last semester I took econometrics for which statistics is a pre-requisite. At INSEAD, I am back in statistics again. The good news is that the teachers are very good and the classes are mostly case based with lots of discussion from students. INSEAD also has a very good zero-tolerance policy on using laptops or phones during class. At SAIS, I noticed th
Bonjour! (I´m practising French with Sandra in preparation for Palariac. This is as far as we´ve gotten) On Wednesday and Thursday this week I went to two different Spanish Bull Fighting events. They were so memorable that I thought I would describe them separate from the rest of the previous posting in full technicolor. DAY 1: 1) Enter the stadium. The dirt is cleanly raked and fans pay different prices for Sol (sun) and Sombra (shade). Enter the torero (bull fighter). This time they were on horse. Usually they are on foot. 2) This is the entrance from which the angry bull is released. 3) First, however, we must know how many the kilos the bull weighs. 420 kg is pretty light. The big bulls in big cities are always over 500 kg. 4) Enter the angry bull. And damn is he angry. He runs around like a... well... bull for the first minute. Ususally the toreros on foot will try to distract him to tire him out before goes for the horse. 5) Because that bull is really fast
The wedding was just the kick-off to a week of activities. We felt that since people were traveling so far for the wedding, we wanted to have more activities to make it worth the trip. I have traveled quite far for weddings and having just 1 night of fun feels inadequate given the distance you have traveled. It also was a great opportunity to have all of my family in one place and to show them a part of Spain that I have known for the last 7 years. Pool recovery day The day after the wedding, everyone woke up pretty late (around 11 am - 1 pm). We ended up having a nice walk around the village of La Alberca, drinking Radlers next the pool, and having a group dinner in La Abadia de los Templarios. The day after any big event is extremely fun as everyone recounts different stories from the night before. -"Did you see when Peter was laying on the ground during 'Shout' during the 'A little bit softer now' part?" - "Taylor en la piscina." - &qu
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