By Luciana Romero
It happened two years ago when I got contact with an American participant that had applied for an internship in Argentina.
Her name was Aya, a young professional in the field of marketing. When Aya arrived in Argentina had little knowledge of Spanish and she had promised herself she would not only learn Spanish but also other things related to our culture and typical Argentine customs. This was what she had via e-mail before coming to Argentina.
I met Aya and told her I would do my best to make her feel comfortable during her stay in Cordoba. I spoke English to her but she asked me to speak Spanish or use words in Spanish so that she could start living her experience abroad. Great! -I thought, as my English was also basic. So, we used our hands, body language and different signals to make ourselves understood as well as some words in Spanish so that Aya could start picking up the language.
She was so nice and funny that I arranged to meet her the following weekend and take her sightseeing Cordoba. I took her to several interesting places in Cordoba, shopping malls, historic landmarks and an artisans’ fair. She loved walking through the streets of downtown Cordoba. I realized she was beginning to live the Spanish language in Argentina as she loved the way local people spoke. We really had a good time together that afternoon. On the following day I invited her to drink some mates, and she tried some cookies with dulce de leche which she loved!
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Aya spent 5 months in Argentina. She combined her internship with an Intensive Spanish course in the afternoon.
A day before she left she came to my office to say good bye. She said Chau Luciana, gracias por todo! Espero volver pronto. Me encanta Argentina, me encanta Cordoba! - Bye Luciana. I hope to come back soon. I love Argentina. I love Cordoba .
She hugged me, gave me a kiss and showed me a pot of dulce de leche and a pack of yerba mate. It was the same American girl that 5 months ago almost did not speak a word in Spanish. She was wearing a T-shirt that had stamped: Amo Cordoba which in English means I love Cordoba.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way...Aya showed me that a person with firm determination will always find a way of doing something. She learnt Spanish and took some Argentine customs back home: Mate and dulce de leche!

By Debora Guzman
Under my experience (which is not limited)…going out in Cordoba is great..
I’ve traveled for other countries and went out there, but nothing compares to party in Argentina…
The main difference is that usually by the time you go out in Argentina you´re thinking in coming back home in other places…Here we usually go out around 1:30 or 2:00 am and we don’t come back home until 6:30 or 7:00 am at least...because you may have the option to go to an “afterhour pub or bar” and in that case you’ll arrive home just in time to lunch…

Here in Cordoba you have several options depending of what you like...For example over here we have a neighborhood -called Nueva Cordoba- full of young people, cause it’s located next to the University Campus... so most of their students live there. You’ll find and option for everything…bars, pubs, discos and clubs…
Most of them are pubs, and they are of all kind, so for sure you’ll find one which plays the kind of music you like.
Also there’re some great places where you can enjoy great food while you´re listening to good music with a cool atmosphere too.

If dancing is what you like..then the Chateau area is the best option for you..
There you have a lot of clubs, most of them play all kinds of music, but because they´re like kind of big, they have different dance floors, so you will be able to enjoy an interesting mix of music being in the same place.

Then you have the Abasto area which is located next to Cordoba’s downtown. Over there you´ll find a little bit of everything.If you like rock music, both from Argentina or International you have bars and pubs which play it. If Electronic is your thing you have some options too, and if you like cuarteto (which is a popular music originally from Cordoba, it´s a kind like salsa ..)once you’re here you have some places to go too.

But no matter where you go you have to try our traditional drink which is called “Fernet”. It’s kind of sour at the beginning, but believe you’ll love it and you’ll get used to it.
Anyway, I think Cordoba’s great night life is one of the best reasons to come here…I’m sure you won't regret.