I am here... I am finally in Argentina! :D

FUN traveling, but man were we bored for 13 hours in the Miami, FL airport! : (

The first picture is with Kathryn (also from NC, USA) in the Miami Airport. They gave us masks because of the swine flu outbreak in Argentina. We just enjoyed them for taking pictures! :)

The second picture was during th talent show in the AFS orientation. Each country had to do something, and we did the Big Mac Rap! :)haha

The first picture is Kathryn (a friend from Charlotte, NC, USA who is also an exchange in Argentina) and our moms the night before we left.

Bienvenido (welcome to Argentina)!

~Hola, i arrived yesterday at a bus station at 9Am or so and met my new familia from Argentina. I loove them so much. They remind me of my family back home because of their lively, happy, and comforting personalities! Without the help of them, i think i would feel a little lost. I am trying to just listen to everyone around me speak Spanish and become accquainted with it & learn new words in Spanish. For now, that is all i can take in ONE day. It seems like I have heard about as much spanish in one day as i have heard my entire life! :) ahha. but I DO love Mendoza and have truly enjoyed Buenos Aires that we saw on the tour of the city with AFS 2 days ago. I have to wait to go to school for a few days because they want to be cautious with things like the Swine Flu. Anyway, that meant sleeping in for my first day' 'home' and hanging out with Paula! :) As far as my first day here in Mendoza with my family and new friends, my family took me to a big park honoring san martin and then this walking place with a big monument representing san martin and his army that crossed the andes mountains to free Argentina, Peru and some other country. i forgot. then we went to their grandparents' hosuse for a sunday afternoon lunch and has asado and something that tasted like an enchilada and drove around the grandparents' neighborhood to see all the new and HUGE houses being built! :) but then i met Paula's freinds and then we went to a 45 min. mass church service in the downtown. we came home, chatted for a while. i finally skyped my parents for a few min and then it was off to bed. BUSY BUSY BUSY. I will be back soon to let you know about more that went on! Hasta Luego, adios!~

The second picture is of me and most of the other USA AFSers when we were in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the orientation.

The first picture is of my new family, the Morettis, and I the day I arrived in Mendoza, Argentina after a 13 hour bus ride that night.