Dia de Colegio - Tercer Dia // School Day - Third Day

  Hoy nos despertamos un poco mas tarde de lo normal, a eso de las 7 : 20, y a eso de las 8 ya estabamos en el colegio. Desayunamos panceta, huevos revueltos, salchichas y ese tipo de cosas ( tipico desayuno yankee) con los chicos, y de ahi fuimos a clases. Tuve spanish, religion, matematica, historia, cuidado del medio-ambiente y hasta fotografia! El profesor de history me presto su Iphone para que me divierta con los juegos mientras todos estaban en prueba...fue un tanto raro, pero muy buena onda de su parte. Todo el colegio me miraba cuando iba caminando por los pasillos, me pedian fotos, supuestamente era famoso porque tocaba la guitarra... A eso de las 2 : 30, nos cambiamos y jugamos un partido de futbol contra el equipo oficial del Marist High School...ganamos 5-4! Cuando termino el partido comimos algo en el colegio, y de ahi Jenny y yo fuimos a la casa de Kate y Manuel Mauvecin a pasar el rato, y mas tarde fuimos los 4 juntos al shopping. Compramos varias cosas, dimos varias vueltas y volvimos. Ahora aca estoy, en breve vamos a comer comida griega y nos vamos a dormir. Los dias aca son MUY cansadores, son recien las 8 y ya necesito dormir...pero a ser pacientes que se viene Halloween! Estoy muy ansioso, les seguire contando mas tarde, espero que todos esten bien!

  Today we woke up a little bit later than normally, around 7 : 20, and around 8 we were at school. We had panceta, scrumbled eggs and sausages for breakfast ( the typical yankee breakfast) with our friends and hosts and then we went to our clasrooms. I had spanish classes, religion, maths, history, enviromental science and even photography! History's teacher lent me his Iphone to play some of its games while my classmates were doing a test...it was kind of strange, but he was very friendly. All the students looked at me while I was walking through the hallways, they asked for photos with me, I was supposed to be famous for playing the guitar... Around 2 : 30 we changed our clothes and played a soccer match against the Marist High School's official soccer team...we won 5-4! Later when the match finished, we ate something in the school and then Jenny and I went to Kate and Manuel Mauvecin's house to have some fun, and later on we went to the shopping. We bought some things, hanged around and we came back. And here I am, we are now going to eat Greek food and we're going to sleep. Days here are VERY tiring, it's just 8 o'clock and I need to sleep....but I have to be patient, tomorrow is Halloween! I'm very anxious, I'm going to continue telling you more things later, best wishes and hope you all are fine!

Segundo Dia // Second Day

  Hoy me levante alrededor de las 10:15 y baje a desayunar. Realmente me lleve una gran sorpresa cuando vi la mesa...tres tipos distintos de cereal, jugo de uva, jugo de naranja, barritas de cereal, cafe, leche, yogur, uvas, entre otras cosas, un poco mas de lo que esperaba! Nos juntamos todos en el colegio y de ahi fuimos al centro de Chicago. Una ciudad por demas limpia, ordenada, moderna y pulcra. La gente muy educada y con buena onda, y todo absolutamente diferente a Buenos Aires. Visitamos la Willis Tower, el edificio mas alto de Estados Unidos...increible. Subimos hasta el ultimo piso y pudimos tener una extraordinaria vista panoramica de la ciudad. Compramos algunas cosas en el edificio y de ahi caminamos unas cuadras y fuimos a comer a Mc' Donalds. Luego, seguimos caminando y recorriendo el centro de la ciudad, vimos el famoso Lago Michigan, fuimos al Millenium Park, y vimos una escultura un tanto curiosa (van a poder ver la foto mas abajo) Despues de la larga caminata, nos subimos al colectivo y cada uno volvio a su casa. A las 6, Jenny y yo fuimos a comer a la casa de un amigo de ella, Anthony. Comimos lasagna, y de ahi fuimos a la casa de Teresa, la chica que hospeda a Francisco Garcia Almassio. Toque y cante canciones argentinas con la guitarra, nos divertimos un rato con Julian, Conrado, Francisco y Manuel y con respectivos "hosts" y despues volvimos a casa. Ahora un rato en la computadora y a dormir, un dia muy cansador, pero definitivamente muy divertido.

Today I woke up around 10:15 and I went downstairs to have breakfast. I was really surprised when I saw the table...three different types of cereal, grape juice, orange juice, cereal bars, coffee, milk, yogurth, among other things, more than I was expecting! We all met at the school and then we went downtown. A very clean and modern city, with a lot of order. People were so educated and friendly, and everything was completely different from Buenos Aires. Then we visited the Willis Tower, United States' tallest building...just incredible. We took the elevator to the last floor and we could have an extraordinary panoramic vist of the city. We bought some things in the building and then we walked a few blocks and had lunch at Mc' Donalds. After that, we continued walking along the city centre. We saw the famous Michigan Lake, we went to the Millenium Park and we saw kind of a strange sculpture (you can see it below) After the long walk, we went to the bus and everyone returned home. Around 6, Jenny and I went to a Jenny's friend's house, Anthony, and had dinner in there. We ate some lasagna and then we went to Teresa's house, Francisco Garcia Almassio's host. I played and sang some Argentinian songs on the guitar, we had some fun with Julian, Conrado, Manuel and Francisco and their respective hosts and then we came back home. Now some minutes in the computer and I'm going back to sleep, a very tiring day, but definitely a very enjoyable one!

Llegamos al fin - Primer Dia // Finally we arrived - First day

 Despues de un viaje largo y cansador, llegamos a Chicago, Illinois, nuestro destino final. Halloween ya se siente, se palpita, todas las casas del barrio estan adornadas con sus respectivas decoraciones (calabazas, esqueletos, brujas, etc.) La limpieza es extrema, hay mucho orden, y como se puede ver a simple vista, la gente de aca es Muy nacionalista, en el 80 por ciento de las casas hay un asta con una bandera de Estados Unidos izada. Los deportes como el softball, el futbol americano, el soccer y el baseball son muy importantes aca. Visitamos varios lugares con el auto de la chica que me hospeda (maneja) y la pasamos muy bien y nos divertimos junto con sus amigos. Fuimos a comer a un lugar tipico de Estados Unidos, un restaurante estilo Texas, y tambien fuimos a comer donas. La familia, que mas decir...me esta tratando de una manera excepcional, buena onda, y carismatica. El colegio es muy grande, y es muy completo, esperemos que el martes podamos ir correctamente. Lo unico que espero es que el viaje siga como empezo, de una manera barbara.

  After a long and tiring flight, we arrived in Chicago, Illinois, our final destiny. We are already feeling Halloween, all the houses of the neighbourhood are decorated whit its respective decorations (pumpkins, skeletons, witches, etc.) Cleaning and order are extreme, and it can be simply seen by ourselves, people from here are Very nationalists, about 80 percent of the houses have their own United States flag. Sporst like sofball, baseball, american football, and soccer are very important here. We have been visiting a lot of places with my host's car (she drives) and we had a lot of fun with his friends too. We went to a typical United States place, a Texas' style restaurant, and we also had some donuts. The family, what else to say...they are looking after me in an exceptional way, they are charismatic and funny. The school is huge, and is rather complete, we entirely hope that on tuestday we can assist normally. The only thing I wish is our trip continues the way it started, in an incredible way.

Una semana // One week

Deseando Que Llegue // Looking Forward to it

Falta sólo una semana para el viaje a Chicago, Illinois. El próximo sábado 27 de octubre vamos a estar embarcando hacia el mejor viaje que hemos hecho con el colegio, lo estamos esperando todos con muchas ganas y con las mejores esperanzas a vivir un nuevo estilo de vida.

Just one week for our trip to Chicago, Illinois. The next Saturday 27 we are going to be on our plane waiting for it to set off and start enjoying our so awaited trip, we are all looking forward to it with a lot of expectations, hope and desire to experience a different lifestyle.