I forgot to tell you all about something that I did on Thursday after the Great Bee Stings of 2012. A very traditional meal type thing in Argentina is called “picada.” Basically it is finger food used as an appetizer or meal if you eat enough. There is a special type of tray that the “picada” goes on. I really want one now, but I don’t think it will be very easy to pack in my suitcase…sigh. However, I do have photos!
Picada
Esteban, Kendall, and Elisa
Friday during the day was pretty normal. In the evening I was talking with my dad on Skype and then in walks Andres through the front door! It was so crazy to see yet another person I have only seen through Facebook in real life after two years! He is trying to learn an English song on his guitar and I helped him with his English pronunciation. It felt kind of like I was back at Water Oak helping the kids learn to read. It was a challenge to explain words like “better” pronounced “beddur” and “would” pronounced “wud.” Oh English and your crazy spelling.
Lots of friends came over for dinner Friday night. I had so much fun showing off my mad ukulele skillz and teaching ukulele. I love it when someone who has previous guitar knowledge ends up being waaaaaay better than I am on the uke after about five minutes. Whatever. Haha. I also got to explain some Aggie traditions to a few people. I think I have created some new Aggies. Whoop! And at one point I walked back into the living room and Marcos was there! He doesn’t have Facebook so it was super nice to finally get to see him again. The night consisted of some fooseball (of which I am quite terrible at here), more ukelele, dulce de leche ice cream, and some random costume changes.
A brand new music duo. Soon to be famous.
Hot, hot, hot maté even if it is hot outside.
Explaining Aggie Ring traditions
Crazy girls playing dress up: Agu, Elisa, Emi
Saturday night we went to a birthday party for Agu’s sister, Lucia with alllllll the family there. All the cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and their perros were present. We had hamburgers like the ones in the US. In Buenos Aires I had some hamburgers with ham on it. We also had some beer that night too…it felt like the 4th of July! Haha. One of the moms came and talked with me one-on-one for a while because she likes to ask questions. Perfect, because I like to answer questions. She told me that I am very good at listening and talking in Spanish. Yes, one-on-one, I am an all-star. I just wish I could follow along with the 3,000 dinner conversations that happen in the big groups. Someday. After some music jams, I went to a store on the corner to get some chocolate. One of my friends, Juan, asked me “Would you like some chocolate?” in English. I explained to him how that can almost sound creepy, especially if you add “little girl” to the end. So now when he sees me he asks “Would you like some chocolate, little girl?” Yay for jokes. Then we played Skip-Bo and all watched Water for Elephants.
Just some folks talking.
Birthday girl, Lucia and her dad.
Elisa and I with some major photo bombers.
The Roth family: Mom, Agu, Dad, Lucia, and Nachi
Twister!
Sunday we went back to Agu, Nachi, and Lucia’s house for lunch. Siesta at the Fernandez house, then pool time! It was a hot day so it was nice to cool off and soak up some rays. The camp that I got to work at when I first got to Bell Ville is just walking distance away from everyone’s house, so the pool is a popular hang out. Church in the evening and dinner at the Roth house again. Then we went on an adventure trying to find an ice cream shop that was open at 1am. We ended up walking all the way to the center to eat at the same place we went my first night here. The walk was definitely worth it. Anything for ice cream J
Chatting by the pool.
Esteban, Elisa, and Kendall
Elisa, Kendall, and Andres
Chau y besos!
Bye and kisses!
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