Hello everybody that´s reading this, i´m writing this, my very first post, in an internet cafe just off the main street of Mendoza called St. Martin. It´s safe to say I´ve had virtually no idea what´s been going on around me while i´ve been here so far. It turns out i understand about 4 words of Spanish and can say about 11. The speed people talk is absoultely terrifying so i´ve been basically eitehr laughing or saying si and hoping to god that´s an acceptable response. Backtracking when you get a weird look is tricky....

We arrived at about 5pm Argentina time (2pm to you guys) and pretty much went straight to where we are living, there´d been a storm earlier so there was no electricity. Our host is lovely and she´s also putting up a Chillian called Phillipe and an Argentinian from Bunos Aries called Miguel (classic Spanish sounding names aren´t they!) It´s been raining here a LOT in the last week apparently and it hasn´t stopped today though everyone tells us this is incredibly unusual, usually it´s like a desert so i´m looking forward to the sunny climate though it is still very warm. Afrer we´d unpacked and such we had a bit of a classic foot ball game at the park Europe versus South America which i´m proud to say Europe secured a comfotable 10 7 victory. We´ve also spied an Irish pub in town which we´ll no doubt be frequenting for the 6 nations!

We´ve got looads of little jobs to do this afternoon like sorting out sim cards and such and my feet haven´t really touched the ground yet it´s all hectic though i´m sure it´ll all settle down when i get used to what the hell is going on! I´m not sure when we start work but i´m assuming it´s next week. Hopefully i´ll be able upload a couple of photos in a second so make sure you check them out!

That´s pretty much it for now more when i can!!

Ciao (which they say a lot here which is odd)

Sam