Today I had the opportunity to facilitate some workshops for student teachers at Ensena por Argentina, at their summer institute in Villa Soldati.
Eager to see "real" parts of the city beyond the safety and relative beauty of the Palermo and touristy neighbourhoods in BsAs, I set out by subte this morning for the 1.5-hour trek to Nstra. Sra. de Famtima, the complex of school buildings where the NGO's summer institute was being held.
It was my first time on the E line, a considerably older subway line than the more familiar D we usually take. The yellow subway cars were fairly spacious, but the wear and tear was evident. No advertisements were posted in the cars, and I did not see any musicians/performers or sales people; not sure if this was just an unusual time of day to be traveling, though.
Eager to see "real" parts of the city beyond the safety and relative beauty of the Palermo and touristy neighbourhoods in BsAs, I set out by subte this morning for the 1.5-hour trek to Nstra. Sra. de Famtima, the complex of school buildings where the NGO's summer institute was being held.
It was my first time on the E line, a considerably older subway line than the more familiar D we usually take. The yellow subway cars were fairly spacious, but the wear and tear was evident. No advertisements were posted in the cars, and I did not see any musicians/performers or sales people; not sure if this was just an unusual time of day to be traveling, though.
Once the train arrived at the end of the line, I had to transfer yet again, this time to the "Pre-metro", a type of streetcar trolley.
The area this took me into showed me a landscape that was visibly different from the comforts of Palermo I have grown used to, though the same obsession with security was evident in the glass shards that topped the walls of courtyards, preventing anyone from climbing over the top!
Stay tuned for the next blog post... a pretty neat school project in Villa Soldati!