tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91898467087884291002011-04-21T15:32:20.741-04:00My life in Uruguay/Argentina...Ellennoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-64521631535324682802009-01-05T19:04:00.006-05:002009-01-05T19:19:23.071-05:00

Hace casi un año que fui a Argentina. Esta un año entre yo y mi vida alla. Que espantoso. No quiero estar tan lejos de esa. Pero la vida continua. A veces es muy dificil aguantarme en un lugar tan superficial, sofocando, rodeada por tontos a todos lados. Pero despues, recuerdo que puedo. Que no saben nada del mundo exterior. Que no han visto el mundo, otros lugares, culturas, vidas. Y la vida se

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-27719241863819425302008-07-24T23:35:00.003-04:002008-07-24T23:44:49.825-04:00

Bueno, voy a escribir en castellano porque lo extraño tanto...Vovli a USA hace casi tres semanas, y solo puedo pensar en volver. Extraño Argentina y mis amigos alla tanto. Y estoy celosa de Ari, que todavia esta alla! Que boludo!!! jajajaBueno, la vida aca es muy aburrida. No puedo andar para ningun lado porque no conduzco, y todos mis amigos estan de vacaciones, y no hay boliches, ni mate, ni

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-31770554623210982572008-06-07T16:58:00.002-04:002008-06-07T17:07:26.734-04:00

Yeah. I get it. I'm bad at the whole blog thing. So sue me.Anyway, things have been going really really well lately. At first they kinda sucked for a while because I was bored and wasn't going to school and wasn't meeting people, but it's all good now. I'm a lot more independent and can kind of do whatever I want, which is really nice. And because I don't have a normal school to go to it just

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-44704563620657523432008-05-06T12:55:00.002-04:002008-05-06T13:01:24.631-04:00

So it´s been a really long time since I´ve written--again.I´ve since moved to a different host family in San Isidro (a barrio in northern Buenos Aires, Ar). I was having some problems with my host mom in Uruguay (she was a bitch, basically) so AFS shipped me here. Things have improved A LOT. I really like my family here--mom, dad, sister (Pilar-15), and two brothers (Lars-11, Oliver-5). They´re

Ellennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-7594184666989826992008-04-13T19:54:00.002-04:002008-04-13T21:58:44.052-04:00

This weekend the other exchange students came to visit from Montevideo (Hannah--US, Ian and Julia--Germany). It was SOOO MUCH FUN! They got here Saturday morning around eleven and Julia stayed in my house so we hung out a bit and got to know each other. They all have been here since August so they speak perfect Spanish! It was a little hard/embarrassing for me to speak with Julia because she

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-5543497544687652682008-04-10T15:53:00.004-04:002008-04-10T16:31:22.516-04:00

It's been a month....oh well.Anyways things are still going really well here in Uruguay. I've made a ton of friends and have been hanging out with them a lot. A few weekends ago we went to an outdoor rock festival. There were tons of bands there from both Uruguay and Argentina, and most of them were pretty good. It was crazy though, it started at about 6pm and went until about 2:30 or 3 in the

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-65411655047779059462008-03-10T17:08:00.002-04:002008-03-10T17:26:09.492-04:00

Hola a todos! Today I had my first day of school. There are four other people in my class besides me, and one girl wasn't here today so it was veryyyyy small haha. This morning I had Math, History, and Sociology. The classes were each about an hour and 20 minutes (AH!), but they weren't too bad. I could understand most of what my teachers were saying, although they talked veryyyyyy fast! Then we

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-1401009647419434842008-02-26T11:12:00.002-05:002008-02-26T11:20:53.484-05:00

So this past week and a half or so has been completely crazy. It's been really really good most of the time, but there have definitely been some rough spots. I've mostly been going to the beach like everyday because the weather has been absolutely AMAZING (with the exception of the past couple days). Last weekend was Carnaval here, which is basically huge parade. I went with my mom and sister and

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-90135652943044282422008-02-18T18:07:00.002-05:002008-02-18T18:11:01.963-05:00

So I'm finally here. I got here about 7pm last night, and everything is absolutely insane! It's so gorgeous here in Punta del Este! I went to the beach with Sofi and her dad and her friend today and it was so much fun! We played volleyball and then we drove all around Punta del Este. I already love it here.Last night a bunch of Sofi's friends came over and they all talk SO FAST but they are so

Ellennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-1969232479775350282008-02-09T22:28:00.000-05:002008-02-09T22:37:04.475-05:00

I got two emails from my first host family today! One from my host sister Sofia and one from my host mom, Magdalena. They both wrote the cutest emails, and they just sound so amazing!I found out that Gonzalo (my host brother) is actually 16, and he and his friends like to go out dancing (fun! haha), so that's pretty good. He likes futbol (soccer) and music and normal boy things I guess haha. My

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-53473897383666628252008-02-04T23:22:00.000-05:002008-02-04T23:27:44.702-05:00

So it is possible that I might die of boredom. I literally sat around today and did nothing except watch the History Channel and Grey's Anatomy (season 2). And then I saw Juno for the fifth time. Which made my day slightly more interesting. At least tomorrow I'm going to the city with my dad to start getting my visa, FINALLY. It took me damn long enough. I think we're going to my favorite Cuban

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-17417568272367711652008-02-04T15:59:00.000-05:002008-02-04T23:22:09.988-05:00

So it's taken me a while to get this up here (I've been away), but I finally got a host family! ...Or rather, two. They're both in Punta del Este, Uruguay, which is widely known to be a beach resort city (!!!).My "real" host family is going to be away for about a month when I first get to Uruguay, so I'll have what they call a "welcome family" for the first month. In my welcome family, I have a

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-55104583490659692872008-01-21T11:43:00.002-05:002008-01-21T11:51:20.571-05:00

So I have 22 days left before I leave. And I still have no visa. Thanks to the translation service who has yet to return all of my documents.I have 22 days left with my family and friends. 22 days left in this country. Do you know how extremely exciting yet scary that is? I've only just realized that I need to spend as much time with them as possible.And you know what bothers me? That people I

Ellennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-65645296218554398962008-01-12T22:19:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:20:49.476-05:00

So this has absolutely nothing to do with Argentina or anything else, but everyone should go see Juno RIGHT NOW! It is quite possibly the most amazing movie...ever. But seriously, I just saw it and not only was it insanely funny but it was also ADORABLE.GO SEE IT.peacee

Ellennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9189846708788429100.post-72679070919525466342008-01-08T20:39:00.001-05:002008-01-08T20:41:06.609-05:00

Ok so basically, this is a blog I made to let everyone at home know what's going on in Argentina. I figure sending out 39438249 emails a day will be a little much...I'm leaving on February 13th.Throw me a party :)

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