Alright, well, I probably should have been keeping up to date with this blog since I first got here, but I'm going to be better about it now. What to say, what to say? Really, this is what I was hoping for from this entire experience. It definitely fits all my requirements. I wanted to be in a place that would force me to depend on my Spanish skills and now my English ones, I wanted to make girl friends instead of relying on a Spanish-speaking boyfriend, I wanted...

So, I am finally here in Rafaela! En serio, it is everything I wanted and so much more. I am so glad that I am in a small town and I am especially happy that I have a host sister my age who is as sweet as Viky and wants to spend time with my and introduce me to her friends. I can tell there's not too much to do here, but that will be so great for me because it will force me to connect with people and make friends. Already, though, I feel much more comfortable...

Alright, I've been here for a little while now and am a little better able to give some sort of impression of the city and country in general. So, yesterday I woke up at 1:00 in the afternoon because a big group of us from the hostel went out and didn't get back until 4:00am. Anyway, I woke up and called Whitney to see if my luggage had come (which it had!) and then took the bus to her host family's house and then we spent the day exploring. Then we came back ...

So, I am finally here in Argentina! I left Christy's house yesterday morning at 9:00am and went to the airport with Whitney. Our flight to Atlanta was uneventful, but ran late. We already had a very tight connection in Atlanta and this make it even worse. We literally had to sprint to our next flight and as we were running, we heart them say 'This is the last boarding call.' We just made it! Then, of course, when we got into Buenos Aires our luggage didn't ...