I am SO excited to see my family and friends and have summer, but I feel like I am leaving a part of myself here. I'm really going to miss my host family and Argentina. I hope I return soon and hopefully my family will visit Minnesota in the next few years. My host Mom told me last week, "No es adiós, es hasta luego" which means, "It's not good-bye, it's see you." I know changes are part of life, especially at this age, but some are definitely harder than others. I have learned how to speak and write well in Spanish (and I have definitely gotten worse at writing in English), but I have learned the most from the people I have met in Argentina as well as the students on my program and I've gained skills that I otherwise would not have learned at the university.
I am going to miss walking on the streets of Buenos Aires, greeting people with a kiss on the cheek, feeling uncomfortable in the colectivo and subte because there are too many people, hanging out with my host family, speaking in Spanish, walking in the Plaza de Mayo, buying candy at a kiosk so I will have enough monedas (coins) to ride the bus, eating brie pizza at my favorite cafe, drinking mate, people-watching, seeing people make out on the street corners, mojitos, staying out late, watching television shows dubbed in awful Spanish, watching fútbol, talking to random people on the bus or in stores, café con leche and medialunas, cute clothing shops on Santa Fe, the Ateneo bookstore, sitting in cafes and talking for hours, reading the newspaper, thinking in Spanish, Argentinean history, dinners with my family....So Argentina, "No es adiós, es hasta luego." I will return soon.
See you in less than 2 days, Minnesota.
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