1. On Wednesday I said "adios" to New Jersey, and Bienvenido a Miami. I can not begin to describe how awesome it was to arrive in Miami airport to the song "Miami" by Will Smith, it actually made my life. After landing I went to a hotel for my pre-departure orientation. Including myself, there were 17 people going to Argentina and maybe 6 or 7 going to Chile. The orientation was really boring because I had already heard the information about a trillion times, but it was nice getting to meet a pretty big group of people that I would be spending the next few days with.
2. On Thursday Los Americanos left for the airport for our 9 hour plane ride to Buenos Aires
The 9 hours went by really quickly, and because we were all so excited no one could really sit in their seats. About every 45 minutes I would go stroll around the cabin talking to some of the other exchange students. At times we would pile about in the aisles around one person and the flight attendants would tell us to sit down or we would flip the plane.
3. On Friday around 6 or 7 (there was no clock on the plane anywhere) we arrived in BA and after we got through passport control and costumes we had to wait about 3 hours for some of the other exchange students to arrive from other parts of the world. When everyone got there we left to go to some camp site about an hour and a half from the airport. There we met the 30 kids from Thailand (by far the biggest group) and the New Zealanders. Everyone quickly got to talking and making new friends and started preparing for that nights event, the talent show.
4. The talent show was separated by country. The New Zealanders and one Australian head, shoulders, knees, and toes in a native language of New Zealand, the Scandinavians did a rendition of "The Princess and the Pea" but making it about the alcohol stereotypes of their respective countries, the Thai kids did a tradition Thai dance, and the Americans put some pillows under our shirts and wiggled and fist pumped to "I'm Sexy and I Know It" in an attempt to show how even fat Americans can have a good time.
5. On Saturday we had a few more information sessions and then the people that would we staying less then 1100 km from the orientation site left on their buses to go to their host families.
6. On Sunday the remaining students, including myself, went to a small airport in order to take a plane to our host families. In in my city there are 3 other exchange students, a girl from Austria, a girl from Germany, and a boy from Thailand. After 4 days of traveling and over a year of waiting, I finally arrived in Salta, nicknamed Salta la Linda because it actually has to be one of the most breathtaking places I've ever been!
8. Lastly, I started school yesterday, and that was probably one of the most difficult experiences I've ever had. I'll make a post about my school with pictures of everything later when I've done more, but in a nutshell of my first day. I didn't really understand any class except math, no one really talked to me so it was really awkward, and my school is from 1:00pm -5:45 or 6:30pm depending on the day. However, today was a lot easier. I attempted to talk to some people and I helped my group answer a question in a group project thing.
So overall the last week has been a whirlwind of new people, places, and experiences. If anyone has something in particular they want me to write about message/email me your request. I plan on making other blogs eventually about school, food, my city, and other important events that happen like when I go to a boliche (disco).
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