Day 1, September 3, 2009
It has been a crazy experience so far, I don’t even know where to start. I’m exhausted and excited at the same time, my emotions have hit the max today! I arrived this morning at Buenos Aires around 8 in the morning and have been going ever since. Today has been overwhelming, just because of the language barrier and not understanding a word they say!! They speak so fast! I was in the airport till one waiting for my classmates to arrive. It was actually a nice time to get to know each other. We all sat there in a circle and went around telling about ourselves and trying to remember all the names. It was good. There are four of us that went to WOL Schroon Lake last year. Even though we didn’t really know each other then, we do now! There’s a special bond just knowing that one fact..weird.
There’s not much room in the dorm where I can put my stuff, and as always, I brought way too much. Once I get to wal-mart, I can buy a crate or something that can provide “shelving” in my “box.” My roommates are nice, I have 4 of them. Two of them speak English (one is from NJ) and the other two don’t speak any. The food really isn’t terrible, it’s just as I expected. I’m so picky that I’m pretty hard to please. But, I am eating, and they ALWAYS have “pan” (bread)!! No doubt about it that at every meal there will be “pan.”
Last night, we had a little birthday/bienvenidos (welcome) party. It was really nice! We all sat around and just talked about things...in Spanish. I did my best to understand. The two girls that only speak Spanish we asking me questions while I did my best answer. I think I did okay. I’m learning so much already. There are just little bits of vocabulary that I hear and try to hold onto. By the end, I’ll have a lot of bits...which should make the language...maybe!
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