School is going pretty well, although it can get pretty overwhelming pretty fast. You definitely have to keep up! We're learning a new tense pretty much every day and its sometimes hard to keep them all straight! My professor is great though. She makes sure that we're pronouncing things in Castellano (Argentine spanish) and not like the Americans we really are! We also play lots of games to give us little breaks too! She also makes sure that we have lots of time for conversation in spanish which is nice...never have my teachers in the states really made me, or gave me the opportunity to speak out in class. I can definitely understand how people would come here and learn spanish, only to return to the states to forget it. Over the weekend my friends and I mostly just walked around the city and talked in coffee shops. Not being in class, and speaking english (oops), even in that little time, made it difficult for me to eat dinner with my host mom Sunday night and speak at the same level that I had been earlier in the week. I should just stick to spanish on the weekends now! Here are a few pics of my apartment here and my room:
My room here with my giant window/balcony!
(mom, i feel like you had placemats or something with the same design as those pillows!)
My Living Room Here!
When I wake up every morning theres a cute little breakfast setting for me here!
The Aggies on the trip at the coast! Max, Morgan, Celeste, Me, John
This one is for Graham-The dog was riding on the motorcycle with his owner! HarleyDog! What a life!
This a statue...but its a real person!! She was SO still!
On many of the streets on the weekends there are street performers-these guys were great!
This is a tower in Plaza de Mayo, a neat little square with many famous buildings around it.
La Boca-there were statues coming off of the balconies-kinda creepy but kinda cool!
(mom, i feel like you had placemats or something with the same design as those pillows!)
Here are a few other pics from the trip so far!
The Aggies on the trip at the coast! Max, Morgan, Celeste, Me, JohnThats all for now!! Miss you all!
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ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! So good to now "see" you in your place of abode for the next few weeks. Is the time going fast for you? I hope so. Miss you. Nana
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoy your reports and it sounds like you are having a great adventure! Love Dick and Grandy
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