An Argentine Experience

SO I made one Argentine girl friend and her name is Fiore. She has been begging me to come to her home town of Junin about four hours away in the province of Buenos Aires so finally this past weekend I said yes. After a 5 hour train ride we made it to the province and were greeted warmly by her mom-- the most bubbly, hyper person I've ever met. I didn't know the moment I stepped off the plane I would be a celebrity because I was the first United States citizen in Junin! I had to defend my country to the core being surrounded by people who like to consider themselves "americanized" yet have so many problems with our country and mentality. Other than that, I had a fantastic time going to Fiore's "quinta" which is a house about five minutes from her house "in the country" with a pool. We went shopping and hung out with her childhood friends. This was the first time I was truly immersed by the language because in Buenos Aires there are so many U.S. and English tourists that you speak spanish some of the day but could get by with English in most situations.

After this trip I made a concious effort to only speak spanish :)