Hola! Again nothing too exciting in the last 2 weeks but I thought I'd update on a few things. So April in Argentina is the month of feriados, or holidays-since march 24th I think we have had 5 days of public holiday. Needless to say it has been a bit more relaxing during the last few weeks. The first holiday was a kind of memorial day for the period of dictatorship ( the date being the date the military junta occcured and thus followed the military dictatorshi...

sorry this is gonna be long...but interesting i swear! Alright.... so I went on my first weekend trip with Pilotos Solidarios, the organization whose president is the doctor im working with. Overall it was an amazing experience, however I'm glad to be back in my apt in BA! The trip was supposed to leave on thurs night but was postponed until friday, which means the people from BA (including myself) didn't take part in the grocery shopping and such fri, which le...

Hola! A few updates: I am officially only an hour behind east coast time now, so that's a bit exciting. Since I've last written I've been volunteering with LIFE a ton. I still love it and am making progress with my kids and lesson plans. Last week I designed a really nice bingo game that we played in english that went really well. Also, I have introduced the idea of doing pen-pals with my kids. Thanks Steph! She is teaching spanish to high school kids in WI and...

Hey Everyone- Alright let's think...where did we leave off? This past week was pretty busy... Monday I had spanish lessons in the morning and then volunteered. I actually ended up being the coordinator for a different place than i originally thought and it's crazy! Our program hasn't been to this particular comedor(soup kitchen) in a few months and we recently changed how we're doing some things so I kind of have to start fresh here and it's hard! The school ye...

Hola a todos! Just wanted to catch everyone up on my life- haven't done anything super exciting but I am really happy to be fairly settled into a routine. Since I last updated I have started Spanish, or rather Castellano tutoring. I found Marco, my tutor via several forums where people had recommended him. I am currently taking 3 private lessons each week with him, 2 hours each. It's going really well so far...he teaches from his apt which is luckily located abo...