Friday, June 19

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 help with an event for the homeless. This event was mixed with a girls school so we got to meet a lot of new people whilst helping the community. We served them choripan and soup and talked to them. As well we also played bingo. It was a very long night so once me and Pedro got home we went to sleep pretty soon after.

-Jeff






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