Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

    Today mis amigos and I went on a walk through San Martin Park, which is a very pretty park that I think is similar to Wash Park by my home in Denver. It's got different sized loops good for running and they have free aerobic classes there in the afternoons on weekends. There are restaurants in the park and a museum and a huge gym with pools. In the middle of the park is a 'lake' that is more like a man made canal that hasn't had water for 20 years. Instead it's got mud at the bottom and people sometimes ride their bikes in the bottom of the canal.
    We walked all the way to where I'll be taking classes while here, at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which is located in the park, and about 3 kilometers from my house. It will be a good walk to scool everyday if I choose not to deal with the bus system. It's winter here, but still 60 or 70 degrees during the day when the sun is out, so it won't be a bad walk during the day. It does get cold at night though. We didn't see anybody at all while walking around campus because it is still winter break for them, but we saw some of the buildings where we will be taking classes. There is a gym there too which I can hopefully use. Here are pictures of campus.

 The emergency vehicle, in case I need help...




 Some of the buildings on campus. 

There is a lot of interesting graffiti and street art all around town.





    There are some pretty run down shanty towns next to the university. It's interesting the different types of buildings I see in the city. There are some parts of the city that are much nicer, and some that are very run down and obviously have a lot more poverty and a lot more crime.

But the walk to class will be very pretty through the park.