Thursday was Miriam’s birthday (my host mom). A ton of people came to our house to celebrate. Around 5:30 women from her work came and stayed til around 8:30, eating sweets and drinking mate. Then for dinner was the more “intimate” crowd, the people that always come over for asados, Amber and Jenn’s host families, Patricia (neighbor friend), Vivi’s in-laws, etc. and we had hamburgers (very mediocre, which is the norm for hamburgers here.) Miriam’s mother and sister also came (Susana, Miriam’s sister is Javier’s mom).
I am a terrible host daughter and did not get her a birthday present. First off, I am generally late on getting presents, ask anyone I know. Second I am not exactly sure what to get her. I also am supposed to live in a couple weeks and wanted to do a really nice “goodbye” present. I haven’t told her this yet, so she probably just thinks I suck as a person…
Javier’s family arrived on Thursday night as well, his mom, dad, and sister. Claudio was right, Javi’s dad is impossible to understand, he mumbles and talks fast…and he likes to talk, so I missed a lot. It is unfortunate I didn’t understand him very well, because he seemed to have interesting answers to a lot of the questions I asked. Karina, Javi’s sister was very nice too, she is a clothing designer and getting ready to open her own store. She brought some of her clothes, which were very cute, but didn’t fit me right L And I love Javi’s mother, Susana, Miriam’s sister. She was more “tranquilo” or calmer than Miriam. She also seemed to understand the whole international thing…I am not stupid, but if you talk slower I can understand, and you have to explain expressions or look for others words to explain things. I very much appreciated her.
On Saturday, Javi’s family, minus Javi, took me to Buenos Aires and we toured the La Boca and San Telmo areas. I really liked it. I think I would enjoy living in Buenos Aires….maybe that will happen soon.
