First day of school. Instead of waking up at 1pm as I had the previous day, I had to be up at 7 am. I, being the eager and prepared student that I was, had set my alarm to 7 before I had gone to bed, giving myself enough time to eat and get ready in the morning then head off to school relaxed and ready to learn. Unfortunately, I had used my cell phone as my alarm, and although I had figured out the alarm part, I had forgotten to set the time on my cell phone which was actually 9 hours different than the actual time. Luckily, my host dad knocked on my door at 7:05 and said in his deep, Argentine accent “Danielle, it’s time to get up.” I made it without any other problems and was pleasantly surprised by the brunch they had prepared for us at the Universidad de San Andres. They even had a cake smothered in dulce de leche make for Dan since his birthday had been the week before. We ate the delicious cake then toured the school. We then took a quick placement test and had to have a conversation in Spanish with one of the professors. It was a slow conversation but I got through it!
We left school when the planned activities were over and headed out to explore the neighborhood. There are news-stands everywhere so we decided to stop at one and look at the magazines written in Spanish. Unfortunately we didn’t realize that to just pick up a magazine and look through it is extremely rude and we got yelled at by a grumpy old man working at one of the stands. Lesson learned: Always ask before touching anything! Later that night my host sister and I showed each other our facebooks and I realized that we both had the same dances and graduation ceremonies and senior parties and vacations with friends. It was cool to feel like even though we live so far away and in different cultures we still have similar experiences.
Favorite minute of the day: When Carina walked in with a white fur coat with black spots and a matching hat and said “See, I look like Cruela Devil.” She is so cute!
Second favorite moment of the day: When my host sister thought the word diseased and deceased were the same word and asked me why we call dead people diseased. I had a little bit of clarifying to do but she thought it was pretty funny.
Another thing I really liked: “Sobre Mesa” which is the after dinner conversation that can last 1 to 2 hours. We talked about such a wide range of topics and got to share opinions and have debates. My host mom didn’t speak English, I don’t speak fluent Spanish and my host dad speaks a little more English than I do Spanish so it turned into a type of charades/Pictionary hybrid conversation but I enjoyed it so much!
We left school when the planned activities were over and headed out to explore the neighborhood. There are news-stands everywhere so we decided to stop at one and look at the magazines written in Spanish. Unfortunately we didn’t realize that to just pick up a magazine and look through it is extremely rude and we got yelled at by a grumpy old man working at one of the stands. Lesson learned: Always ask before touching anything! Later that night my host sister and I showed each other our facebooks and I realized that we both had the same dances and graduation ceremonies and senior parties and vacations with friends. It was cool to feel like even though we live so far away and in different cultures we still have similar experiences.
Favorite minute of the day: When Carina walked in with a white fur coat with black spots and a matching hat and said “See, I look like Cruela Devil.” She is so cute!
Second favorite moment of the day: When my host sister thought the word diseased and deceased were the same word and asked me why we call dead people diseased. I had a little bit of clarifying to do but she thought it was pretty funny.
Another thing I really liked: “Sobre Mesa” which is the after dinner conversation that can last 1 to 2 hours. We talked about such a wide range of topics and got to share opinions and have debates. My host mom didn’t speak English, I don’t speak fluent Spanish and my host dad speaks a little more English than I do Spanish so it turned into a type of charades/Pictionary hybrid conversation but I enjoyed it so much!
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