Last Thursday was my first Argentine cooking class. We had a great time as we prepared empañadas and made new friends. My empañadas looked so bad that I said, “I must have taken the short bus to cooking class” that night. David, the other American in the group enjoyed the joke and taught me an [...]
People here think it´s great that I´m an American, but the President is reviled. Thank you American mainstream media! In my first 7 days here, I´ve heard Geoge W. Bush referred to as a religious extremist, alcohololic, and there seems to be a general agreement with Hugo Chavez´s assessment of him as “el diablo.” This [...]
One of my favorite people here is Rogelio from Pacific Palisades, CA. He´s a heckuva nice guy and it´s interesting to hear him talk about his world travels. I´ve gone out to eat with him 4 times because he´s an expert on BA and is showing me all the great places. I´m also being introduced [...]
Today was my first trip to church in Buenos Aires. Man, do these people know how to have church–for 3 1/2 hours! I really, really had a nice time today. Paul was right…going to a Spanish church is one of the best ways to improve your language skills. It´s cool to figure out words in [...]
Since high school, I have left home three different times. First, Tulsa and ORU for college. Then Washington DC for an internship at Heritage. Now, Buenos Aires. Each one of these has been one of the best decisions of my life. The main reason for this has been the people. Each one of these locations [...]
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