Bringing the South to Córdoba!

Happy Primer Día de Otoño! (First Day of Fall!) Yep, fall has officially started here in Córdoba even though it was a balmy 33 degrees today! (In Celsius of course!) I'm still have a wonderful time (shocker!) and enjoying getting to know my new classmates! Before coming here, I didn't think I'd have the opportunity to meet people from Canada, Japan, Germany, Austria, Colombia, and Brazil, in addition to Argentines! The new exchange students are a lot of fun and I've really enjoying hanging out with them and practicing our Spanish together! The nice thing with the Japanese girls is that there is no temptation to speak English because they can't! So the only way we can communicate is through Spanish!

Last night I had my second argentine geography class (it's a thriller, let me tell ya...) and we worked in groups, so I and some others exchange students got to meet a few really nice argentines in there! We've exchanged cell phone numbers already and we're planning on going to hang out Sunday downtown at an art fair, where there are vendors who sell a bunch of amazing handmade treasures, like jewelry, clothes, purses, pottery, etc.! The argentine people are so open and friendly! It's so easy to make friends with them!

I know you're just dying to know where the title for this post came from, so let me tell you: I made a good ol' southern apple pie for my family a few nights ago and they loved it!! I had so much fun making it and my family couldn't say enough good things about it! My mom here definitely wants the recipe! My parents from the US are coming down to visit at the beginning of May and my family here and I are already making a list of food that they want my parents to bring and for my mom to cook here! Some of the things on our list are fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, smores, spaghetti, and tollhouse chocolate chip cookies...yum! Can you believe that they've never had any of these things?? I can't wait!

MY APPLE PIE! YUM!

So, yesterday, my first female cousin on my dad's side of the family was born in Virginia so I have been so antsy ever since then to meet her via webcam! My parents got my aunt and uncle a webcam, so I've talked with and seen them a few times already, but now I can't wait to meet the new addition to their family! Her name is Margaret Roxburgh, she was born at 3am weighing in at 9lbs. 1 oz., 22 in. long! She's so beautiful!

ROXY!

Please pray for me as I try to work out what I'm doing for the rest of the summer when I get back to the States. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to do some type of an internship with Jackson-Dawson Marketing Solutions, a marketing firm in Greenville where I helped out for a few weeks in January before I came here. I loved the people and the work environment there, and I learned so much! I'm hoping that I'll be able to work with them again when I get back. I'm not sure how I'll be able to find anything else from Córdoba, so please pray it works out!

Well, I guess I'd better go! I'm meeting some of the exchange students tonight at a girl's house to make dinner! I have to buy broccoli and garlic! I can't wait! Chau!