By Angela B., AmeriSpan Delegate to Montevideo, Uruguay
So I made it!!! And Uruguay is awesome!! I got here this past Sunday night and it has been nonstop ever since! I mean who doesn’t like city that is lined by a beach??? I have class everyday from 9-1pm, not too early so I can sleep in a lil and then we get out early enough to go out on the town all day and night!
The Uruguay Spanish school sets up activities every day so that the students have something to do, since we don’t know anybody or anything. There are things like, intercambio, which is where you go and meet people who want to practice their English and you can practice your Spanish, also there is couchsurfing, and it´s pretty much the same idea. They meet at a cafe and chat. It’s a great way to meet locals. Monday we went to a Tango class, it was fun, not really my thing, but I liked it. Tuesday was the big game..Uruguay vs. Holland…the city was CRAZY. There was a huge parade and everybody met in the plaza downtown, it kinda reminded me of the crowd during New Years Eve in NYC… people everywhere, confetti, flags, face paintings, tears, laughs, hugs!!! Today we went horseback riding in el campo. The director of the school has horses galore and she took some of us along with her daughters to ride some horses and check out the Uruguayan countryside. It was so fun, my very first time on a horse and it was a success, I must say! This will be our first weekend here, so we are really looking forward to it! It should be lots of fun!!
As of right now, and because it is winter here it’s extremely cold and I didn’t pack right so I’m freezing everyday!! Also there are only 5 students right now but this weekend there will be 3 new girls from Brazil and 1 new guy from USA…CAN´T WAIT!!!
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