The Final Weeks

(Evening out with Moreno Hosts)

Our mostly-female Rotary hosts in Moreno formed the club of F. Molino Campo less than five years ago and are already one among the most active clubs in the district. In Moreno we visited several local examples of adaptive re-use of older buildings, including a former hospital now used for offices and a music school, and the recovery of the urban center of Moreno. There, planners are working on the first multi-modal transportation center that will facilitate pedestrian access to train and bus stations. Other major urban projects include the reclamation of the river-front for pedestrians. For housing, Moreno is taking advantage of the ¨Techo y Trabajo¨ (loosely, Roofs and Work) federal program to build affordable housing.


(At the Boca Juniors Soccer Team Museum)

On Saturday, sixteen of us travelled to Unicentro, the largest mall in Buenos Aires, for a little retail therapy. And then we drove into the city for a special tour of the Boca Juniors soccer stadium. Argentines take their soccer very seriously (as Sara and Richard were able to experience at a game between Boca and Colon the next day)! On Saturday night, our host took us to swanky San Isidro for a few drinks...we didn´t leave the house until 1am, returning bleary eyed at 5am, a typical night for most locals.

The Moreno club hosted a special weekly meeting just for us on Sunday, which included an incredible asado and a display of one of their major community projects to support local children.


(Moreno Rotary Meeting)

Almost as quickly as we had arrived, we were off to our last host city, Junin.


(Chris and Sara with their Junin hosts. Their daughter Augustina is a member of the incoming GSE team from Argentina).

Junin is a city of 100,000 in the center of the Buenos Aires Province. We drove the three hours there accompanied by two hearty Moreno hosts, past hours and hours of countryside planted with wheat, corn, and soy. We enjoyed the ability to walk around the tree-lined center of town in Junin.


(Tango in a cafe in Junin)




(Traditional Asado (BBQ) at an Estancia near Junin)