So another week in Uruguay…a success, it's still cold but we are managing to have some fun!  This week Juan had another little field trip, this time to a part of Montevideo called Ciudad Vieja, the old city.  It's beautiful and pretty "old."  It is where the city began, so there's a lot of history to look at and learn about, it's beautiful!  We also saw a restaurant that George Bush ate at when he came he to visit a few years ago, I thought that was interesting, hahaha!!  

I've been a little under the weather this week so I've been trying to go out and have fun, but also go home early and try to get lots of sleep, so I've done things like go to the movies instead of walking through the city if I don't have to.  Or take a bus or taxi instead of walk. So one activity that we did this week was a little "intercambio," where some English learning students came over to our school and we spoke with them in Spanish and visa versa. We shared some wine, and tea, and cake and some good conversation, it was great!!

I'm so excited about this weekend because we are going to Buenos Aires, Argentina to spend the weekend, so I'm sure I'll have a lot to talk about next time!

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Ok, so everything here in Uruguay is still great. We didn't advance much further in the world cup but these Uruguayos are more than happy to be in 4th place. They held a huge parade, like a caravan to welcome the players back into the country. They came into town in a big bus, it took them 4 hours to get through the whole city, it was amazing!! there were people/fans with flags and gifts with their faces painted, they were crying and cheering and everyone was just so happy and excited!! The caravan ended in a part of town and they were greeted by the president, who gave them all a gift and congratuated them on their success. The whole thing was shown on a big screen for everybody to enjoy, the love here is just undescribable!

Now that the World Cup is over this town is going to be a lot different! Every day after class, there is a planned activity with the school, the most fun are the ones that are with one of the teachers named Juan. He took us this week a museum called the museum of the gaucho, which is their version of our Indian/cowboy in the United States. It was really interesting and he makes it even more because he knows a lot about the history of this country. 

This weekend on Friday we went to a great bar with some friends that we made, one from Brasil and one from France.  We enjoyed some drinks together and went dancing. Sunday I went to the city of Colonia with a friend from Brasil. It is very antique and beautiful.  Everyone talks about it, so we gad to go. The only bad thing is that we picked the wrong day because it rained the whole day so a lot of things were closed, but we got to enter a few musuems and we ate a lot of good food!!

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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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