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Journal for my Adventures in Argentina
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Monday,
July 28th -
Cloudy
Ok,
so homesickness does exist for
Ian. Kind of a shocker. It hit
me like a brick in the face...well
not really. Ya anyway, party
last night was insane! (I didn't
start off so crazy). I went to
a Folk music festival with a
friend of mine through rotary
(Leandro). We then went to a
basketball game, where Comodoro´s
team stopped the opposing teams
3-0 winning streak!!! (it was
on tv). After that I went to
dinner at Leandro´s house.
Empinadas of course. ( a pastry
filled
with an assortment of meats/cheeses).
After dinner me and Leandro went
to
his friends house, where his
friend was having a party. Lots
of food/dancing... and pizza
pop chips party hats and parents.
Here's
where we get into the really
south American not so much Whitby
life...Its 3 o'clock in the
morning, I tell Leandro I should
be going
home relatively soon, he agrees....
and then we go out to ¨Gigante¨ night
club until 6 in the morning.
Lyric of the Day:
¨The General awok from the
night to tell what he had seen...
I have seen the others, and I have
discovered that this fight is not
worth fighting. So take a shower
and shine your shoes, you got no
time to lose. You´re a young
man you must be living. ¨ -
Dispatch
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Thursday,
July 24th -
Sunny
Rada
Tilly is absolutely gorgeous.
I was kind of expecting Canada
with a different name here,
but my god, Argentina is actually
really different than Canada.
Little things, lots of little
things. We have Mate here,
( a tea ), and dulce de leche,
a caramel spread, (which has
not ceased to make anything
and everything even more delicious
than it has been). Outside
my window right now I see the
ocean, 30 feet away. I see
streets, none of which are
paved, but gravel roads made
of stones the size of golf
balls.
Oh man, these are casas, not
houses. (If there really is
a difference) the walls are
all plastered, with bars on
the windows and fences around
each house. The people are
incredible, always (eat), (eat).
I don't mind, after a day and
a half of airplane food, I
was more than ready for the
pasta and meat sauce waiting
for me at the local rotary
club. We had champagne and
cake for patricias (the secretary
of the rotary club and my first
host mom) birthday. Lots of
kisses upon introduction, and
saying hello and goodbye. guys
with guys included. We need
to work on a tradition like
that in Canada.
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Wednesday,
July 23rd
8:51
am Brazilian time Sao Paulo OK,
I'm in brazil,
easily the largest city I have
ever seen, IT just keeps going.
I've been told that Buenos Aires
is even bigger. A woman from
air Canada took my passport and
ticket from varig and went to
get my boarding pass for me.
That was easily the most frightening
experience of my entire life.
longest half hour of my life.
NERVE RACKING. A city of 10 million.
I couldn't even fathom how far
this was before, put it this
way. IT took me ten minutes to
cross lake Ontario, and I was
flying for ten hours. Rock On,
Chau
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Tuesday,
July 22nd
So
here I am, after six months of
busting my butt over a mountain
of paperwork, I'm sitting
at gate 530 waiting. My flight
is two hours late. I have no
Idea of what to expect. This
past week, people screaming wishes
goodbye, made things no easier
for this exchange student. All
I'm thinking right now
is thank the lord my bag is being
sent to Buenos Aires
P.S.
after constantly checking, I
have my boarding pass.
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