Sept 10-12

Well, I realize that I have skipped a few days, but I haven’t had wifi. On the 10th we did nothing but travel. Rode in the bus for hours and hours and hours. We weren’t sure that Ben would make it there. We were stopped at a national security check point and everyone had to show their passports but of course, ben did not bring his. He caused the whole bus to be held up and they almost didn’t let him pass. He is so forgetful. He forgot his passport. He forgot to go to the bank. He forgot to get a return ticket. He forgot any food or drinks for the bus. He forgot sheets. He forgot his blazer. It’s almost impressive how that kid functions.
We got to our station finally and his phone didn’t work to contact Nancy who was picking us up. So we had him call her and he couldn’t get a hold of her. So we sat outside and just waited and waited until ben decided to call again. And when he did get a hold of Nancy, he didn’t ask where in the terminal we should meet! So we were right back at square one.

We finally got to our hostel and on the way there we saw a dance store, so we wanted to check it out. We went to the center around 10 and everything was closed! I know that sounds normal for all you american’s but here in argentina things stay open to about 2 in the morning because people are normally up that late. I didn’t understand it. All the restaurants were closed and it was dinner time. So, we found the only open restaurant around and had millinesa.

The next day we woke up early and rode to the middle of nowhere camp that this conference is at. It looks exactly like a NAZI execution camp. It’s scary. Anyways, it’s been rather boring but fun. We did awkward icebreakers that don’t ever really break the ice. We had some food and introduced ourselves to everyone. People here are nicer than at school but I still feel really distant from all of the people here. I can’t speak very well, so it seems like all the foreign exchange students can speak English, so we just sorta congregate together. I think that we did get to work on our Spanish though because we met an Argentinean girl who was very interested in us and was very patient with our Spanish. She’s really a sweet heart. Well, we had boring speakers that we mostly slept through and then a 6 hour long dance party. I didn’t get my nap today so I can’t stay up until 4 am. I’m far too tired. I think that all three of us are also a tad bit delirious. Today we had each other laughing so hard that we cried so many times. I really enjoy being with Jane and Angie. We have so so much fun together. Well, I’ll report more tomorrow.