Spring Break in Buenos Aires

March 7 - 17, 2018

"Buenos Aires is easy to love, with its Old World architecture and charm, grand buildings, iconic monuments, tree-lined avenues, cobbled streets, café culture, and endless parks and green spaces, always filled with families and friends enjoying the time-out from buildings and concrete. Buenos Aires is both slow and fast. It’s modern yet seeping with old-world influences; proudly Argentine, yet also embracing of its rich immigrant history and diversity."

"Even though you find yourself in a city of nearly 13 million inhabitants, you have a feeling of being at home. It's as if the city opens its arms and says: 'This is me; come explore.'"

"Argentina is a place of two halves or, more accurately, of swirling fragments that together form a beating dynamic of Spanish colonization, jungle tribalism, Andean cheekbones, chilled Quilmes, all-pervading politics and an insatiable, almost religious, dedication to caramelized sugar and milk, or dulce de leche."

"To see graffiti and murals is an unavoidable daily occurrence. Public art enriches the already stimulating urban landscape that is the streets of Buenos Aires. The images change frequently; the walls of the city are constantly curated. Sometimes street art surprises for its completeness or repulses for its vulgarity or garishness. Pedestrians ponder the difference between art and graffiti, the definition of art itself and its perpetual evolution. If there is such a thing as evolution."

"Wandering down promising-looking streets, peering into papered-up windows, the thrill of having found each startling splash of beauty amidst the concrete ruins. This, for me, is Buenos Aires. My Buenos Aires is not always the most elegant, the most convenient, or the most picturesque. My Buenos Aires is fierce and gritty, creative and neurotic, disturbing and seductive. Buenos Aires is a place where the reward is in the details, not the monuments. And someone who looks will always find cause for marvel."

Health In Argentina

• Universal coverage
• 3 sectors of care
• Decentralization of system
• Destination for care

Program Inclusions

• Round-trip airfare
• Housing in apartments
• Meal stipend
• Travel card
• Program activities
• Insurance

Benefits of Study Abroad

• Personal growth
• Professional Development
• New Interests
• Resume enhancement
• Comparative education

Who is CAPA?

• Pre-Departure Advising
• On-Site Support
• Crisis Management

Learn More!

• http://go.capa.org/GSU
• https://capaworld.capa.org/50-buenos-aires-quotes-we-love
• https://capaworld.capa.org/topic/buenos-aires-argentina

I miss the museums of Buenos Aires. I would walk by one seemingly every couple of blocks and plan to stop in later. I miss the street art. There was always a thought-provoking piece or two no matter where I walked. I miss the parks. There was almost a dozen within walking distance from my homestay. I miss all the old buildings. The architecture impressed me more each day. I miss all the activity. There were always a thousand different things going on every day. I miss the food." - CAPA Buenos Aires alum Tommy Sullivan