Winding up the year in Bs As!!!

Well - Do I have some stories for you!!!! I just wanted to sound very dramatic!!! Did it work???? I´m so gay I know! Well, it is very very close to Christmas time, just 5 sleeps to go!!! So, a very Merry Christmas to you all!!! May you all eat and dink to much and be merry!!! I know I will! Well, actually that depends on a few things! I think that I am going to need to have my wits about me this Christmas as will be joining Kevin´s family! I am heading down there tomorrow by bus tomorrow. They live in another state - La Pampa. It´s mostly a farming region in Argentina so I don´t think that there is really that much in the way of tourism!!! But thats fine by me! Infact it is kind of what I am looking for. I will be staying with Kevin and his family for most of summer. I´m a little freaked out about it all as nobody in his family speaks any English. I am imagining Christmas day with a lot of family speaking very quickly and all at the same time with 6 different conversations going on and I am not so sure how I am going to understand anything!!!! But, that is kind of the idea! I want to focus more on my Spanish and I have so many options to speak in English in Buenos Aires. This way at least for summer I am going to be forced to use my Spanish all the time! So basically if I want to talk (and we all know that I like to talk hahah) then my Spanish is going to have to get better!!! Fingers crossed that all goes well as I have to admit to have butterflies in my stomach right now! The last 6 weeks here in Bs As has been pretty relaxed. Finishing up the teaching year at work and sorting my things to leave Buenos Aires. We had our work Christmas party the other day which was really quite funny as the company I work for is owned by 2 guy guys! They had professional dancer come to the party and everybody have to get up and copy their dance moves and considering the fact that everybody was dancing to really bad music from the 60´s and 70´s (english music) it was really something out of a horror film! I stayed in for about 2 songs then I decided that sitting at the bar and drinking free wine would be a much better use of my time! hahaha I took a trip to a place called Tigre - about a half an hour train ride out of the city. Is a suburb that is based around small rier. It was really nice to get out of the city for the day. We took a boat down the river and had some luch a little cafe which was really nice. Although the prices were incredible!!! $14 pesos for a fried egg on the side of your plate! ´Tell him he´s dreaming´is pretty much what went through my mind when I read that considering I can buy a dozen eggs for $4 pesos!!! I also took a trip over to Uruguay by ferry on the weekend. Uruguay small country across from Argentina. You can catch a ferry over to it in about 40mins. I saw a reall bull fighting ring which was pretty cool. But, we were on the bus so I couldn´t stop to take photos. It is 100´s ofyears old and falling apart and is massive!!!! Apparently it took some ridiculous amount of years to build and then was only used for 3 or 4 bull fights before bull fighting became outlawed!!! Which I have to say is a good thing - bull fighting is horrible. Tey plan to rebuld it an dturn it into a out door theatre. Well, I think thats about all from me for right now I have to get myself packed up and rey toleave for Santa Rosa, La Pampa! Merry Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!! As always miss you all like crazy!!!!! Huga and kisses!!!! Wish me luck!

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