Sunday, March 15, 2009

8 March 2009 - Off to Argentina

On the 6th of March, I headed south to Buenos Aires to speak at the International Conference on Engineering and Computing Education. The event was hosted by Buenos Aires Technical Institute (Instituto de Tecnologia de Buenos Aires, or ITBA for short).The street where I stayed was called Avenida Florida, a pedestrian only street with all the fancy shopping Buenos Aires had to offer. Lots of live music and dancing in the evenings.Why I love South America. Well, one of many reasons.
In the U.S., we have the White House; in Argentina, we have the Pink House. This is where their president lives. The university was just a block or two away from the heart of the federal government for the country. I went walk about every day, exploring the city.
This is the flag pole at the president's house.

Matt