Four days until summer break! For those of you who may not know, since Argentina is in the southern hepisphere, and the seasons are opposite from those of the United States, the summer break is also during the opposite time, meaning i get off school on friday! I get about a three month break, and should go back at the beinning of march or end of febuary, I'm not sure.

In other news, the weekend before last, me and my family took a little trip to a place called Villa La Angostura, It is sort of in the same area as the other place, San Martin de Los Andes. It's about five hours from my house, in the mountains, and on the edge of an enourmous and amazingly beautiful lake, it was very spectacular! We drove up on Saturday morning at three in the morning, and once we arrived, explored the town a little bit, had a little lunch, then took a boat to an island in the lake where we took a tour through an absolutely amazing forrest! I also met two American couples on the boat. One was from Colorado, and the other was from Los Angeles. The guy from L.A. was wearing a Rogue Brewing hat, so i asked about it, and it turns out his dad lives in Ashland! crazy. But of course i didnt think to ask his dads name, oh well. On sunday we drove north through the "lake district" to a bunch of different lakes until we got to San Martin, then drove back home. It was a sort but very nice, and breathtaking trip!

Until next time! Chau!

Quinceñera

Last Saturday was my host sister Guadalupe's fifteenth birhday, or Quinceñera, and here, its a HUGE deal. It was nothing like any kind of birthday party that i know of in the states, and it reminded alot of a wedding reception. It was very formal, everyone wearing dresses and suits, and there was over 150 people! It started with her entering the room with her father, everyone stands, and she greets her family standing in the back (including me!). After that, her father made a short speach, and then we started dinner. After dinner, she began dancing with her father, and then all of the men took turns dancing with her for a short time. Once that was finished, they turned on a bit more upbeat dancing music, and everyone began dancing. After everyone had been dancing for a while, they brought out the desserts, and everyone gravitated off the dancefloor, and towards plethora of wonderful sweets they had. It was quite an impressive selecton, i must say. Once everyone had gotten there fill of desserts, they began dancing, again. At about 5 in the morning, the served more food, this time beef, and everyone stopped dancing again and ate, again. Finally, around 6:30am, we got home, and slept for the better part of the next day. All in all it quite the event, and not something i will forget. It was also just really fun meeting all of their extended family, who all live about 10 hours away in another province, Mendoza.

Today is the birthday of Cinco Saltos, which dosn't really mean anything, except i dont have school! Oh ya, and my older host sister, Ana, has the same birthday as Guadalupe, but it was a bit overshadowed this year she is now 19. And yesterday was my host brother Juan and his twin sister Catalina's birthday too, 17 years old. But Catalina is on exchange in france at the moment, so im sure she had a great French birthday!