Being the exchange student I am, I tend to spend my entire day walking around and exploring my city and being the American that I am, I do not like taking naps in the middle of the day. With that being said, here in Posadas, EVERYTHING closes from noon until 4pm. The PRIME time of my day... so what do I end up doing? Facebooking and well.. NAPPING!
One of the many things I have wanted to do here, is send this amazing gift I got for Mathilde, who lived with me when she was on her exchange from France. It was SUPPOSED to be for her birthday but I found myself in a predicament. 1.) The post office opens from 8am-noon. 2.) I have school from 7 am- noon 3.) The stamps and envelopes can only be bought at the Post Office 4.) I have no money to buy these necessities because the bank opens only from 8am- noon 5.) And lastly THEY DO NOT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS
You see my predicament? ...yeah.... I know.
So I have to either a.) Skip school one day b.) leave school early or c.) Just forget about it completely!
Moving on to a different topic... THE WEEKEND! (My favorite subject)
Today (Friday) the exchange students from Posadas and some Roteractors are going camping for this RYLA project. We will be there from Friday until Sunday. They say we will NOT sleep, so to be prepared!
I am really looking forward to seeing all of the exchange students once again and exchanging stories about our schools! I will definitely write about it after I come back. That is, if I am not too tired/exhausted...
Thank you for reading!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Diversity much?
There is no way I am going to be able to condense my entire trip to Cordoba in one short message so I will say it in one sentence:
Cordoba was dirty but yet beautiful, overpopulated but yet quaint, extravagant but yet classy, and hectic but yet relaxing.
Overall: I very much enjoyed it! In the heart of it all, it really allowed for me to see the Argentine way of life.
Continuing on...
Yesterday I attended my first Roteract meeting and BOY was that incredible! I do not think I have had such a fun time with total and complete strangers in very long! It was the first time I got to hang out with all of the exchange students except Sandi (the other girl from the states) and I don't think I have ever felt more useful.
None of the exchange students took spanish classes in there home countries and have had some trouble communicating with the locals here in Argentina bt luckily for me, my first language (english) is a universal language and my second language is well... the language that is spoken here! And so I found myself turning left and right being the translator and ringleader of it all. I was even able to practice my french with Evy, the exchange student from Belgium, who also needed much help with translating things from spanish to english and then english to french. Therefore you can see, how proud I was to be able to hold three languages under my belt. Thank you mom for forcing me to speak spanish whenever and wherever possible. Remember when you told me that one day I would thank you for drilling me with spanish every second of the day, I think today is that day! so....
THANK YOU! GRACIAS! MERCI! DANKE!
I even got to learn some new German words! Aside from Sandi and Myself, Evy is the only other girl from a country other than Germany (Belgian). And so if you passed by our table at the Arabian Restaurant we decided to eat at after the meeting, one would hear German, Spanish, English, French and even some Guarani and boy, was that a knee slapper! haha!
Who needs traveling when you have Rotary right?
We ended up eating A LOT as always. We ordered pizza, hamburgers, Arabian empanadas, an Arabian pizza with some sort of meat on top and the never failing fried egg to top it all off. Please keep in mind this was at one in the morning, the usual time people eat dinner here... late?...nah... haha
Finally, we headed over to the ice cream parlor at around 2 in the morning and ate a delicious "Helado de CAJETA (dulce de leche)" and finished the night exchanging funny stories pertaining to cultural differences between our home countries and Argentina and my never failing stories pertaining to the many words I continue encountering that do NOT mean the same thing in Mexico! haha
Evy ended up spending the night and we woke up today and spent time with my family and then went on a nice walk along la costanera. I have gone to la costanera about 12 times since my arrival and every time I go, it seems more and more beautiful to me!
Yesterday I quoted myself on saying this to the other exchange students, "Guys, this is the beginning of something Great!"
Man, was I wrong!
Great? No...
INCREDIBLE!
Cordoba was dirty but yet beautiful, overpopulated but yet quaint, extravagant but yet classy, and hectic but yet relaxing.
Overall: I very much enjoyed it! In the heart of it all, it really allowed for me to see the Argentine way of life.
Continuing on...
Yesterday I attended my first Roteract meeting and BOY was that incredible! I do not think I have had such a fun time with total and complete strangers in very long! It was the first time I got to hang out with all of the exchange students except Sandi (the other girl from the states) and I don't think I have ever felt more useful.
None of the exchange students took spanish classes in there home countries and have had some trouble communicating with the locals here in Argentina bt luckily for me, my first language (english) is a universal language and my second language is well... the language that is spoken here! And so I found myself turning left and right being the translator and ringleader of it all. I was even able to practice my french with Evy, the exchange student from Belgium, who also needed much help with translating things from spanish to english and then english to french. Therefore you can see, how proud I was to be able to hold three languages under my belt. Thank you mom for forcing me to speak spanish whenever and wherever possible. Remember when you told me that one day I would thank you for drilling me with spanish every second of the day, I think today is that day! so....
THANK YOU! GRACIAS! MERCI! DANKE!
I even got to learn some new German words! Aside from Sandi and Myself, Evy is the only other girl from a country other than Germany (Belgian). And so if you passed by our table at the Arabian Restaurant we decided to eat at after the meeting, one would hear German, Spanish, English, French and even some Guarani and boy, was that a knee slapper! haha!
Who needs traveling when you have Rotary right?
We ended up eating A LOT as always. We ordered pizza, hamburgers, Arabian empanadas, an Arabian pizza with some sort of meat on top and the never failing fried egg to top it all off. Please keep in mind this was at one in the morning, the usual time people eat dinner here... late?...nah... haha
Finally, we headed over to the ice cream parlor at around 2 in the morning and ate a delicious "Helado de CAJETA (dulce de leche)" and finished the night exchanging funny stories pertaining to cultural differences between our home countries and Argentina and my never failing stories pertaining to the many words I continue encountering that do NOT mean the same thing in Mexico! haha
Evy ended up spending the night and we woke up today and spent time with my family and then went on a nice walk along la costanera. I have gone to la costanera about 12 times since my arrival and every time I go, it seems more and more beautiful to me!
Yesterday I quoted myself on saying this to the other exchange students, "Guys, this is the beginning of something Great!"
Man, was I wrong!
Great? No...
INCREDIBLE!
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