March: The midline of my adventure!

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to my  third instalment of my blog series of my study abroad adventures! This post is my mid-adventure period post, woohoo! I have made so many friends and memories that I will cherish for years to come! During march were all of my midterms and other examinations for my courses, so that had preoccupied the majority of my free time that I had. However, I was still able to gain some invaluable experiences during this time! The first major thing that I was able to experience was going to a birthday barbeque with some of my friends in the Indian community in Montevideo. Due to Uruguay's expansion of its software and technology sector, many businesses have hired oversees workers to come abroad and work on various projects while living in the city.

Above pictured is a biking trip that some of my USAC friends and I took during the middle of the month! In Uruguay there are 19 departamentos (counties) that make up the country as a whole. The capital, Montevideo, is in its own self-titled departamento that is surrounded by a few other counties in the southern part of the country. We biked from Montevideo to another departamento and it totaled out to be around 30km for the entire trip!

Above is a video of a Candombe concert that I went to in the Teatro Solis. Candombe is a traditional song and dance that originated from the slaves brought over from West Africa, namely Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. I was fortunate enough to attend this concert for free, and also, right in the middle of Carnival!