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Wednesday, June 24

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To start our day today we arrived at school with mixed feelings. Many of us were sad to leave our host families and friends behind, but we also were a little happy to come home and see our families and enjoy a warm summer, since Argentina was pretty cold. When we got to school, we went to home room and said prayer, then after, we went and did class with the 3rd year kids. After that class we grabbed a snack and then we went to our farewell meeting with our host brothers and some of the faculty. After sharing some kind words with our host brothers, we went to a Spanish class and learned about the structures of sentences in Spanish. To finish off the day, we played fútbol with some of our host brothers, and then bid them goodbye as we left for the airport. I know we all miss our host brothers and families, but I believe that somewhere down the road we will reunite with them one way or another. Thank you Sra. Basin and Sra. Bechard for being amazing chaperones, have an amazing summer!! -O...
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Tuesday, June 23

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Today was a very fun last full day and was a great way to end the trip. In the morning after a quick snack we took the bus to the countryside to visit the estancia. When we got there we had some time until the asado and actual event started. We were treated with empanadas, and we played soccer for a while. After soccer, we took a horse wagon ride around the area to get a little tour. We visited a museum of the estancia, played some more soccer, and then finally the asado was ready. All the food was very good and since it was unlimited we all were very full by the end of it. We watched a tango performance, listened to music from the performers, and at the end we all danced. After the asado we watched gauchos ride horses and do a performance. We then took the bus back to the colegio. I got picked up right from the colegio and went back to my host family’s apartment from there. For the final night, me and my host family went to a restaurant next to the Boca juniors stadium. I got a steak ...
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Monday, June 22

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Saturday, June 20

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Today was the beginning of our last weekend in Buenos aires, and this morning I had a nice chance to sleep in a bit, and I woke up around 11. Nacho had rugby training, so I went with Jeff and Pedro to watch a rugby game. It was pretty fun, and Newman, the team we were supporting, won by a good amount. After that, I went home to get ready for Jeff’s birthday party. I got ready pretty quickly and we left soon after, and got to Pedro’s house around 8:30. Nacho and I were one of the first people there, so we helped set up a little bit. When everyone was there, Juanfran started the asado and it was amazing, and I had a bunch of choripan. Overall it was a great day and night. - Adam
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Friday, June 12

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To start off our day today we arrived at school and did prayer with the 5th year students. After finishing prayer, all of the exchange students met up with the chaperones and we walked to La plaza de Mayo. We went into a few of the churches in the plaza and found a lot of artwork and architecture dating back to the 16 hundreds. We walked around La plaza and saw La Casa Rosada (equivalent to the white house), and we also learned about some of the many statues in the plaza. One of the buildings we went and toured was the city hall, which had many interesting rooms filled with all sorts of symbolic artwork and artifacts. After the tour we headed back to the school, but on the way back we stopped by a librería which had books dating way back. We had about an hour when we got to the school, and ate some delicious milanesa. After school finished, I headed home and took a nap, and then at about 8:30 I went to an asado and watched the world cup match with some of my host brother's friends....
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Friday, June 19

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Today I started off the day a little differently than normal because me and me and Pedro had to where a shirt and tie. The reason for this is that the 5th years and the 4th graders were celebrating flag day. Once we arrived at school the ceremony began soon after. Many of the exchange students were honored in this ceremony as flag holders due to their outstanding grades and effort. After this amazing ceremony all of the Boston kids left the school to visit the Palacio Barolo. It was a very interesting building that had a lot of history. The building was based on Dante’s Inferno and the tour went really in depth into every level of the building. This tour was the end of our planned day. Once we arrived back to school we ate lunch and played a bit of soccer. Most of the Argentina students had a meeting so me and other students had to spend a little bit of time at the school waiting. Once 5:30 arrived me and Pedro went back home to quickly get changed before going back to the school to he...
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Thursday, June 18

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Today I started my day with bananas for breakfast, one of my favorite fruits I rarely get the pleasure of eating back in the states. We grouped up and left to head to our graffiti tour. We took the train from the school to a nearby neighborhood called  Palermo  which was where our tour would begin. However before our tour began the others and I decided to spend some time at an empty playground roughly 50 feet away from our starting point and it was a fantastic experience being able to be a kid again swinging on swings for a solid 5 minutes. After our playground excursion, the tour finally began and after it had concluded I can confidently say that this was my favorite tour in all of Argentina thus far. We learned a lot about many different artistic designs/styles and we got to see dozens of different and unique pieces that had some truly amazing stories attached to them. Here I’ve left the graffiti I found the most interesting whether based on their design, artist, style or st...
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