WELCOME TO ARGENTINA, TODAY JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE JUNE 4TH, OR TUESDAY! My name is Chris and I started off my day with a hearty breakfast full of croissants and assorted bread to fuel me for the coming day. I watched the beautiful sunrise as I ate; ‘twas really serene. Today was very different from a regular school day in Argentina. We went to the school’s many fields to test out how Argentina does their sports. We started with splitting into groups for soccer and field hockey. Personally, I chose soccer since I find it more enjoyable and it’s basically the most popular game here in Argentina. The games were quite casual with loose rules and some of the teams happened to do better than others (like mine) so overall it was a good pickup game of soccer. Very friendly and amicable atmosphere, filled with others who shared a passion for soccer.
After that we moved inside into another gym where we played handball, kind of operating as a mix between basketball and soccer. You get three steps when you have the ball, and you have to throw it into the opponents’ goal to score a point. Lots of people worked up a sweat – it seemed intense. Then we ate some delicious lunch and had some more time to rest inside as today, by the river, was freezing. I went with a friend out to go shoot on a goal, got in some good kicks. More people joined in, and it was quite enjoyable – I liked it a lot! Then the sun started setting and we had to head out, but I went to the gym with some friends, and we lifted together. Afterwards, we went to a burger place to fuel us back up as working out and playing all day took a number on our bodies. After all that, I fell into a deep slumber, and with that, comes the next day! -Chris
I HAD SO MUCH FUN TODAY. I woke up at 6:30 (way too early 😭) and we had fruit (it was really nice 😂), toast and sugar cookies (yummmm) for breakfast. We were able to wake up a little later today because it was different than normal. Instead of going to the school, the people in the exchange went to their sports fields where we had a field day. We played soccer (I was horrible) and field hockey. We had lunch and afterwards a large portion of the school joined us for the rest of the field day. There were various games going including soccer and volleyball for the older kids and track events such as running and long jump for the younger kids. I was surprisingly good at volleyball with a few hits and one or two assists! After the school day ended, a large group of us went on a ghost tour of Buenos Aires. There were actors placed around the city and each told a story about Buenos Aires. One was a serial killer who killed 4 people, tried to kill 7 more and burned down 4 buildings (the actor was scary 😬). Another story was about a woman who borrowed money from her friends and didn’t want to return it, so she decided to put cyanide in their cookies and kill them (😨). We ended the night with hamburgers and fries after meeting the actors and taking pictures. It was a perfect day!! -Piper