A Dinner with Friends

Hey folks,

I am always surprised, when I have a moment to reflect, at how quickly the time passes here. I think all the activities I'm doing, including the Tango lessons, teaching, Spanish lessons, and daily exercise, give me little time to pause and write. when I do have free time I often prefer to relax and read or watch a little TV, or cook a nice meal. However I do have a little more free time this week, as tomorrow is Argentina's independence day and I don't have classes, so I'll take this opportunity to write a little update to my life in Buenos Aires.

As the title of this post suggests, I recently had a dinner party with some friends of mine. One of them, Kristina, was a fellow TEFL graduate, and she arrived for the dinner with a friend of hers from Colombia. One of my ex-students, Hernan, also came. We held the dinner at my place and we all prepared a different dish. I prepared la entrada, or appetizer, and I decided on flat breads, hummus, and guacamole. Hernan cooked lemon marinated chicken and oven fried potatoes, and Kristina brought the postre, brownies and fruit.

It was a typical Argentine dinner, as we didn't begin eating until after 10pm. We conversed in mostly Spanish, with a little Spanglish thrown in, usually when Kristina or I had trouble with vocabulary. Here are some photos from the dinner.

Preparing the flatbreads, guac, and hummus!

Flatbreads almost ready!

Cheers to good food

Profes de Ingles y el estudiante

 
In other news: I'll be traveling to Uruguay tomorrow to relax in Colonia and get that Visa renewed. I also finally got the gas heater back from the repairman so my apartment won't be quite so cold anymore. I've also started contemplating what I wish to do come November.

I had my mind made up about returning to the states but now I'm reconsidering my possibilities. I would like to return to the states in late November to visit the family and celebrate the holidays. The question I'm now considering is whether I want to return and teach another year after the holidays. I think in the end the deciding factor will be whether I can afford a flight home and back, and be able to pay a month's rent on the apartment while I'm away. I don't want to leave, come back, and have to find a completely new place to live. This is just one possibility and I'm keeping an open mind.

I'll start considering my options more in earnest in a few months. Until then it's just business as usual.

Cheers from BA!