After three days in Buenos Aires, we are bound for San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche, is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes, surrounded by lakes (Nahuel Huapi, Gutiérrez Lake, Moreno Lake and Mascardi Lake) and mountains (Tronador, Cerro Catedral, Cerro López.
I am going to be studying Spanish at Universidad FASTA.
Argentinian Spanish is quite different from the Spanishes with which I am familiar. Many Argentinian immigrants came from Italy and, to me, Argentinian Spanish has an Italian inflection.
Also, instead of using just the "usted" (you, singular, formal) and "tu" (you, singular, informal) forms of address, there is also the "vos," another you singular, informal form.
Bariloche has been heavily influenced by Swiss culture and is said to have the best chocolate in Latin America. As I have often thought that, when I retire, I would like to run a chocolate tour of the world, I will have to conduct some research there.
