May 2008 Archives

First I met Raven and Brittany in the Trindade Station. Johannes was apparently still in bed, so the three of us went to a café and had some coffees. When Johannes texted us, we met him in the Trindade Station and set out to find a place to eat lunch. We randomly stopped in the middle of the sidewalk sometimes because we kept getting turned around. Finally we found a small café/restaurant. I had a croissant and coke (their sodas are so much better here! And the croissant was basically the size of my head). Johannes was the only person who actually ordered food. His meal looked incredibly greasy...I'm not quite sure what it was even. I think it had steak, ham, cheese, bread, and a "specialsauce" (yep, one word on the menu). After finishing lunch we decided to make our way down to the Rio Douro. Read more of Caroline's blog.

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The first one is of me, my class, and the cake they bought me



My host dad, with me in the background. Can you believe that sometimes he is actually serious??

This one is my brother, Martin.



This one is of me and Vicky. You can also see Negrita in the middle. She is sticking her tongue out. Read more of Bethany's blog.

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Argentina.

Well here we are, we've arrived to the final chapter. Six months ago I would have said this date was a long way away. Little did I know how fast it would go. People had told me it would go fast, almost as many times as I'd told myself but you never really take it seriously. I've pretty much taken the philosophy of fitting as much in as I can and making sure I get all the definite to-do's done.

I've got my suitcase packed almost as full as the remaining 48 hours of my time in Mendoza. I have said good-bye to all the people I won't get a chance to see again. I've organised my last two weeks so that I spend a couple of days after my end of school trip hanging out with my brother at another beach then taking a bus to Buenos Aires to catch my plane on the 8th.

These last few weeks were pretty much as I expected, hanging out with friends and going to the pools. I've done all my shopping and tried not to waste too much money. Read more of Harry's blog



AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Argentina.

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Finland.