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!