The First Week

Wow, so much has happened in such a short period of time, I am here safe with my host family the Klinglers here in Esperanza. My first week here has been fairly atypical in the sense that I only went to school twice this week because Monday was a national holiday and Thursday and Friday I went with my family to drop my brother off at the Airport in Buenos Aires. He is going to be on exchange in Salem, Oregon. So I have been trying to not think or do anything in english but it is much harder than i thought it was going to be. Im also acclimating to the sleep schedule here because the siesta is an integral part of the day. People here also stay up much later, for instance to come back to your house on a weekend at 3 or 4 is considered to be taking it easy. But overall I love it here, the people are extremely friendly and  my town is a very tight knit community and for this I am grateful because everyone knows everyone and people always say hello whenever they see friends. The food here is also amazing, the traditional dinner for a large group of people here is called asado, it is like BBQ but there is less seasoning and instead of being cooked in 30 to 40 minutes on a gas stove its cooked for 2 or 3 hours over hot coals on a grill that sits on top of a brick oven. They also eat all of the parts of the cow like the intestines, kidneys, and the liver. It is so delicious. I really love the culture here and the people. Ill be posting on this in this format about once a week, but I will be posting pictures randomly on here. 

Untill next time

Caio