Girls Night with my Host Sister

As exhausted as I was, I was very excited to meet some of my host sister's friends on my first night in town. My host brother dropped us off at Caro's friend's house. It was a gorgeous house with a little white dog that barked loud enough to make up for it's small size. We got inside and decided to order some food. There were lots of options, mainly pizza and empanada restaurants, but one or two Chinese restaurants as well. We opted for pizza and empanadas. I had never heard of empanadas but soon realized they were basically like mini calzones. The pizza had tomato and green olives on it and was very delicious. Soon more friends showed up and six of us sat around the table. I was surprised by how friendly they all were and how excited they were to see each other. When they arrived, each girl would go up and hug and kiss on the cheek every friend that was there and say hello in very high energy, high pitched voices. You could tell they were all best friends and it was so fun to see them all gossiping and sharing the latest news with each other. Right away I noticed the conversational differences from Argentine conversations and those in the United States. My host sister's friends loved it when their friends would interrupt them with questions and additions to their stories, whereas here often friends prefer to tell their story from beginning to end without any interruptions. All of my host sister's friends were in college and thus they all spoke fluent English and Spanish. After a fun story where they would talk so fast with so many side comments they would stop and ask if I knew what they were talking about and where I need clarification. I felt so included and I loved it! We ended up going home at 2 am, at which point I had been up for nearly 24 hours. I went immediately to bed, but was already feeling like the trip would be a fun and very memorable one.