Day 50 something

I started to write this blog when my uncle (host) came by the house with this really deadly bike. So my host brother and I got on it and went for a ride, it looked like one of those sports bikes so I asked how fast it could go and he said 300 KM. So we dropped my host brother off and we went to buy Gatorade. The next 10 minutes was probably the most adrenaline pumping activity I've done in a while. The bike went so fast that I had water on the sides of my eyes, SO EXCITING!

Anyway, back to normality. There was a really powerful storm over here, so strong that the bridge connecting the pueblo I stay in and the city that my school is in, collapsed. How convenient!
So just went I decide to start Tango lessons, all the bus routes get cut. And no exchange student wants to be a burden on the family. So I'll probably go to the cultural centre for an afternoon activity. Don't know how that's going to turn out, but I'll take my chances.

In my defense, it was 5 am

My host family went on holiday for a couple of weeks, and I didn't think I would feel this strongly about my baby host brother. He's 3 years old and honesty the most happy child in the world. It feels weird being attached to him this much, back home I have an older sister but I've ALWAYS wanted a younger sibling. Communication is not a problem, (just this time) gibberish works just fine!

During psychology :D

I finally feel comfortable here and it took longer than expected. But now I feel at home with my friends and we actually have inside jokes which I didn't think was possible because of the language barrier. But that's what makes it all funnier.
 I went for a walk the other day and couldn't find my way back but I just kept walking till I found my house, it tooK a while. I put on the A/C for the first time here a few days ago. Yes, it was a proud moment for me!
I'm going to get back to LEGO with my brother, thanks for reading!

A month in Argentina!

Today, it's been exactly a month since I left India to Argentina. A little hard to believe. The goodbye was not easy but not as hard as I expected, I was pretty excited about leaving! But the journey? I honestly hated it and I'm not being negative! You'd understand if you were to travel 4 hours to Dubai, then a 9 hour transit and then a 19 hour flight to Rio de Janeiro, 1 hour transit and then an hour flight to Buenos Aires, a bus from BA to Rosario. I reached at about 3 AM where I met a few AFS volunteers.

Rio de Janeiro

 The first week was pretty hard, getting acclimatized from the spicy Indian food to completely bland omelette wasn't easy. Going from 30 something Celsius to 3 celcius definitely isn't easy on your body. I guess that's when I really starting missing home. All those late night conversations with friends and having your best friend always next to you was hard to let go. But my host mother is so extremely childish and it's nice having a young family compared to back home! My 2 year old brother has now come up with an adorable nick name for me "Peebee". Next was my first day of school, I waited at the head office while 2 girls came to accompany me to my class. I was really surprised when I saw "Bienvenida Pallavi" charts everywhere and on the class door.  I waited for a bit and then went in, and there was the whole class screaming. It was really overwhelming because I expected none of this, in India we just stare at the exchange student and hardly make conversation especially if there's a language barrier. And then there were 50 something people introducing themselves to me and honestly I don't remember any of their names because they're pretty hard to pronounce. And the introduction comes with a peck on the cheek, which is way different from a wave back at India. The excitement continued for a looong time. And what's not love about that?

First day of school

 A week ago I went with a few friends including my english speaking one to the next city where my school is at to visit some places of historic significance. I felt pretty badass because we were dancing and having all this fun in the church. I also went to this world's 2nd widest river called Parana, also famous because Vasco Da Gama when searching for India found America thinking the Parana was an ocean. The nightlife is unbelievable over here, the partying goes on till about 7AM !

At Coyote!

 Yesterday I had orientation with the other AFSers, and I truly believe that what one exchange student goes through can only be understood by another. Anyway, today is  just another lazy Sunday afternoon and I need my routine siesta. Thanks for reading (: