You Will Be Missed

As I sit in the computer lab of the lovely Residencia using a mid-90´s technology center and internet connection and a key board with sticky space button I fear that my blogs will become less frequent. Sadly, my computer ´Franklin` has stopped functioning. He turns on but the clock freezes and no programs open...he just sits there with the desktop that appears to be normal. I am working on him ... it could just be some sort of coma. With this inconvenience I am excited to embark on a lesson of technology. It´s necessity and its distraction. No sé.

The time with my family was spent so well. I loved that I could share the smells, tastes, sights, sounds and more of my experience with people from home. Being together in person is better than any distance. It was very relaxing and a good break from the normal. Luckily I didn't have too many classes. We ate some of the best food I have had in my entire life; delicious pastas, desserts, breads, cheeses and wines. We visited my favorite park that has aerobic classes during the weekend mornings, a few city gardens (rose, Japanese, and botanical), a few ferias, Alee came on my class field trip to a museum and we ended our journey with rainy cold weekend in the beautiful beach getaway of Argentina watching some ugly and rancid smelling 'sea wolves'. It was great. One of my favorite things so far was when my host family met my real family. That night I could not stop smiling. I love that I can have family on both ends of the world.

I went through my migration process ... I am legally a student here, 6 weeks before I leave. I love the organization and logic of this country. Luckily my migration process went very smoothly; others were not so lucky.

I got my haircut today; it was a bit scary not having a good hair describing vocabulary. The lady manhandled those scissors in one of the fastest haircuts I have ever gotten. Its decent. I got asked if I was from France today... maybe I am catching on to some European flair and trends of this Latin American city.

Tomorrow I have plans to eat the lucky gnocchi ... do you ?

And to leave you with some ´Mar del Plata´ wall art.

Love.