We started this cold winter day early to make our way to the national institute of industrial technology, INTI. After a very thorough (and as Ivo called it: inefficient) pasport…

Hi guys. Today we visited the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). It is the best uni in Argentina and top 10 in South America. After a brief presentation of the…

Today turned into quite a sporty day, as we started early in the morning with a run organized by the STC Run Club. Unfortunately, the park we had planned to…

Yesterday marked our first planned cultural activity of the trip: a boat tour through the waterways of Tigre, Argentina. Tigre is located just outside Buenos Aires and is known for…

Our day started early, we had to catch a bus to Argentina, and go from there to the airport. When we got to the airport our flight was apparently an…

Today we visited the Argentinian side of Iguazú National Park. There are multiple trails: two short ones that were quite busy but took you right alongside the enormous waterfalls. It…

The day began just after midnight with a celebration of Sabine’s birthday at a karaoke bar. One of the highlights of the evening was Albert and Sabine’s performance of Jolie,…

The day started off with a short, 1.5 hour, busdrive to the campinas campus where we arrived at the chemical engineering department. Here we got a very enthusiastic, and honest,…

Today we again had an early wakeup call, taking the bus at 7:45 towards the federal university of ABC (UFABC). For some of us, this was a bit of a…

We started the day early and hopped in the bus toward IPEN. IPEN is a research institute specializing in nuclear physics. After an introductory presentation we were brought around some…