7/12/10

This will be an attempt at an organized recollection of the past days´ events.

A couple of days ago on the 8th we took the kids from the deaf school swimming. This is the second time we´ve done this and is a nice change of scenery than the school. Th pool is about a 5 minute walk from the school and is indoors. The kids for the most part don´t know how to swim so our job was to help them learn a bit. This proved to be difficult because of us not knowing sign language and them being kids with lots of energy. Towards the end of the time swimming they were all diving in so they were quick learners.

The 9th was Independence Day here in Argentina. We met up with the school we´ve been working with at the Plaza for the parade. A lot of schools were there and participated in the parade. There were bands and dancers as well. We were one of the last to go and we walked down the street with people that came to watch waving flags and cheering.

The 10th was relaxed and I got to see some more of downtown Resistencia. I drove around with my host sister and her friend. Later that night we went to the boliche again which we stayed at until 5:15am. I took a nap later that day (now Sunday)and woke up from that at 9pm. Of course I was still tired and went to sleep again a few hours later.

Later that night (Sunday) I drove around with my host Mom checking out the city again and then we all went to a hamburger restaurant. The hamburgers are fairly similar to ones back home and they had a spicy mayonaise, which I normally don´t put on my burgers, but I tried it and it was delicious.

Finally today we went to a school to talk with students our age. We split into groups of around 8 which allowed for more questions and conversation. We talked about music, sports, school, and other random topics. After our conversations we had some food to celebrate today being our last day with talking to these kids. Someone made this dulce de leche cake which was delicious and reminded me of the Oreo cookie and gummy worm dirt cake. I talked with a few more people after this and then we all went home. Around 2pm we all went to the school of one of the AFSer´s host sisters. We met with her English class and the oher English classes that were going on. I was surprised at how well they spoke but it turns out they have been studying English for 2-3 hours per day for many years. In one of the classes a girl returned from Deleware 2 weeks ago and we talked with her about her AFS trip and experiences.