The Arrival

Ok so I got to the airport and found a couple of people that were students. I was among the first people that arrived so we had to wait like 2 hours for the rest to come. But we all got in a circle.. in the Argentina airport.. and just like got to know each other. We played a few name games.. cliché but effective, and just kinda hung out for a while. We got students from all over the US, and a few from Canada.

I like the group so far. But they took us on a bus to this restaurant to welcome us to the school. We arrived there, all forty of us (mas o menos) and they began to serve. I heard that the meat down here was great so I was looking forward to this meal. They brought out baskets of rolls and 2 liter glass soda bottles. The rolls were good but I wanted to save room for the meat, which turned out to be a good decision. They brought out these two huge plates of ham, some other salty type of meat, and some other type of round and colorful meat—shows how well I know my meats. And it was delicious. We stuffed the ham in our rolls and ate. I was very hungry from all the traveling but I felt obligated to stay modest and avoided eating too much as this was still a first impression moment in front of people I was going to be spending a lot of time with. However I couldn’t help but to fill my stomach to the brim, enjoying all I could eat. I was satisfied, as was everyone else, and ready to go to the campus. Man was i stuffed. That was a very, very amazingly great first meal. But after the servers took the plates, still holding enough food to fill several large families, we did not leave. I figured a meeting or something still needed to take place. But then the servers came out of the kitchen once more, but instead of holding the checks they were carrying the actual meal—the large plates of meats, the food that was causing me to loosen my pants—was merely the appetizer. These new plates were accompanied by a large steak and sausage, juicing out its argentine special cooking and spices. I miraculously felt my hunger arising once again as I managed to find room to place this new steak, that had a taste slightly different then that back home, in my slightly larger body… larger in a bad way.. well it depends on how you look at it.

but we enjoyed it.. because once we entered the campus and became students, just like on the plane when i awoke from that dream, reality hit...