My Argentine mom Alida and I are starting to get along really well. My constantly improving ability to understand the language makes things better every day. I felt bad the first day because I tried to make a short call to a cell phone, but it lasted about 3 minutes. Those calls are expensive. Also, [...]
It seems there has been great concern about the possibility of me punching the Austrian girl in my class. After 3 days, I can safely say this is no longer an issue. I think it drove me nuts because it´s so easy for her because of her background in Italian. Maria is actually very sweet [...]
My Spanish has greatly improved! However, it´s kind of a tease being here. There are so many great people at the school, but many of them are beginners. Getting to know them is almost impossible without speaking English. For now, I´m letting myself speak it during activities, but it can´t go on too long. We [...]
There are many great people the ECELA language school. Almost everyone is from the US or Western Europe. One of my new friends is Anthony. He is in the beginning class and will only be here for 2 weeks, but is considering a return for an extended stay. I´m not sure how old he is, [...]
What the heck was I thinking moving to south of the equator for spring & summer? I´m missing the snow back home! Unbelievable…snow on the 11th of October. It´s tough enduring a low of 60 and a high of 75 here, but I´ll make it work.
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