Chajarí, Argentina

Finally arrived!

Chajarí, Argentina 

Hotel fun

Combing his beard

Finding Froot Loops may have made me the happiest child in the world, even if they were $8. 

"Natural" 

Nature trail....

Trying my first orange...

Happy because I love them!

Agus and I in Comas

 Partay

Foto sacada por Amanda Curubeto

Foto sacada por Amanda Curubeto

Happy host family

Goodbye Arg!

Hello Italian?

This week I started Italian classes. I take them through a language school that's separate from my regular high school. I have class every Monday and Wednesday for two and a half hours. Its fun to learn from Italian to Spanish and nothing in English. Makes me think extra hard. 

Gay Marriage; Legalized

On Wednesday gay marriage was legalized in Uruguay making it the third country in the Americas to do so. Uruguay is the third country in the Americas after Canada and Argentina to eliminate laws making marriage, adoption and other family rights exclusive to heterosexuals. While some countries have carved out new territory for gay and lesbian couples without affecting heterosexual marrieds, Uruguay is creating a single set of rules for all people, gay or straight. Instead of the words "husband and wife" in marriage contracts, it refers to the gender-neutral "contracting parties."All couples will get to decide which parent's surname comes first when they have children. All couples can adopt, or undergo in-vitro fertilization procedures.The legislation also updates divorce laws in Uruguay, which in 1912 gave women only the right to unilaterally renounce their wedding vows as a sort of equalizer to male power. Now either spouse will be able to unilaterally request a divorce and get one. The law also raises the age when people can legally marry from 12 years old for girls and 14 for boys to 16 for both genders.

I think I'm a changed girl...

Since being here, I've tried so many different foods. If you know me, you know how I never try anything and I am super picky about what I eat. I've eaten so many different kinds of fish, tried cow tongue (which I loved), found a strange love for orange juice (maybe because Salto is famous for it), and eaten too many and so many desserts. Today it actually dawned on me that I really have opened my eyes to all new foods.

I also have a new found love for omelettes, which I never used to eat. 

Si alguien de mi familia esta leyendo esto, Uds. ya saben que nunca voy a gustar polenta. Y bueno, porque es la vida.