June 4: Day 7

We had a sports day today! We came to school and played soccer. We had two games and a break. After the game we had two more games. When we finished the games, we crossed the road into San Patricio club, a club where most of the the kids at north hills colegio play hockey (girls),  futbol (guys) or rugby (guys). When we got there, we came to a resting food area and some of the students from north hills colegio started to make beef asado (hamburguesas) that were barbecued for all of us. It was very cold, so we all stayed inside the plaza area and talked after we ate our hamburgers. It rained so much today so we had to stay inside but at least we all got to know each other a little bit better. We had about four hours to get to know each other very well, so I guess we can call this a bonding day. It was very fun; we listened to music, danced, walked around and hung out at the San Patricio club. It was one of the most relaxing days where we could truly connect with our exchange students!

–Oyinlola

Today in the morning they split us into 6 teams to play soccer.  We ended up playing each team once and the games were pretty evenly matched.  There were small breaks in between every 2 or 3 games:  we played cards (Uno, Egyptian, Rattrap Slap, and another game).  Somebody brought cookies, so we shared those.

After the soccer games we went across the stress and at barbecue (hamburgers) made by some of the North Hills boys.  There wasn’t any cheese, but there was tomato, ketchup, and mayonnaise.  There were also these huge 2 liter sodas—I saw Fanta, 7Up, Coke, and a yellow lemony drink that wasn’t carbonated but really good tasting.  It seems like people in Argentina lead very similar lives to us, at least in terms of soda.

After we ate, Emma, my host student, and some of her friends went onto the field nearby and sat in a circle.  Melina, another host student, brought mate which is a typical drink in many South American countries. It is a sort of tea  and it’s kind of bitter so many people put sugar in it to sweeten the taste.  It is customary to share a cup of mate with other friends or family members.  It’s usually served in small cylinder and you drink it with a metal straw that is flattened at the top.  The way the drink is made is that there’s this kind of tea that you pour into the cup until it’s almost full, and then you add sugar if you want.  The straw stays in the cup the entire time.  You then add hot water and the tea leaves float upwards.  Then you drink it and pass it around.  After we started sharing it, it started to rain so we all ran back inside.  We played cards for the next hour and then went home.  Dinner was pasta.

–Anna

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