First Few Days!

Well, Its been three nights at my new home and I LOVE IT, the house is small...no not small...cosy, and the kids are very funny and everyone is so helpful! My family even brought my cartoned milk because I didn't know how to use bagged milk, YES, milk comes in bags here. Same with Yoghurt, and Mayonnaise and sauce, well, Ketchup. I think it's the strangest thing and they all laugh at me hahaha.

The Food:
The food here is very nice! The fruit is so nice, I have never had a banana or apple that tastes so good! I think I might try venture to a big supermarket later and buy myself a giant pile of different fruits just to take a break from the constant meals of "Carne" (meat). Every night we have a type of carne and lots of cheese, Normally Ham and cheese. I've had Ham and Cheese pizza, Ham and Cheese pie, Ham and Cheese Toasties, Ham and Cheese empanadas and then the left overs of all of those to have a leftover ham and cheese feast! Que Rico! Also after every lunch and every dinner, we have a sort of pudding...well yoghurt. Its as though we eat and finish with yoghurt every time! I'm not complaining! I like it haha, and yes, I am watching my weight. :D

The City and People:
Everyday, I have explored the city and I have spoken a lot of espanol, the first day, I went with my parents to the city center to go for an exploration and take some photos, where I found some free tango classes which I might return to but that can wait till I'm fluent. I forgot to mention the the architecture is FANTASTIC. The historic buildings appear around every corner and I feel like a tourist when I stop and take a photo or two. The only thing I don't really enjoy about the city is the buses, but I've never liked buses, they're dirty and crowded and yeah. Even in New Zealand, I think the same, and so I'd rather walk to town from Kamo instead of catch a public bus. THAT'S when my friend Sophie comes in, she's an exchange student from the USA who's been living here for 5 months and decided to become my guide. She loves to run and so she came to my house and took me for a walk to "El Bosque", which is a park nearby and a a place where everyone likes to go and relax. So she took me around there and told me everything about her exchange and why she had a bad start and blah blah blah, she has a a lot to say because she hasn't spoken english as much a she used to :P Also, being the blonde american girl that she is, the perverts eg. Construction workers, always shout rude things to her and I like her to tease her about that, Until she brings up that "At least I won't be hit on my transvestite hookers". I'm a little afraid now.. It seemed like something certain to happen hahaha. Aswell as Sophie being one of my only friends at the moment..Today two workers from AFS came to take me around the city and buy a simcard, Joaquin and Jose Luis we're very nice and forced me to speak spanish unless it was something important like talking about phone plans...Which I still don't understand haha But I'll get there, Joaquin went on exchange to New Zealand and so he understands which culture I'm coming from, yaaay! But apart from that, everyone is nice and the city is wonderful, except for the rubbish but that's just what comes with a big city! :)

Mi Familia!:
In my family I have a younger brother, Marco, who's 15 and a younger sister, Ana, who's 13. They are funny, helpful and just like kiwi kids. Literally, the jokes that are made are just like New Zealand ones, sarcastic and dry! :D I couldn't have asked for better siblings, except it's strange because it's just like living with the Pearson family back home! My dad is Antonio, He's quiet but very knowledgeable, and he likes the fact that I love languages, I think he likes cultures as much as I do. And My mum, She is a lot harriets mum haha, She acts out everything very well, whether it's a dog being scared or a volcano eruption, and she loves my pineapple lumps, I couldn't have asked for a better family, I am so grateful for them!

And at the moment, I am making my phone work so I can skype from it and such :D huzzah!
that's all for now,
Chau amigos!