Hola amigos y amigas. Our first week here has gone very well. Our students have integrated quickly into both families and the school. Agnes, Brad (teacher from Walker) and I have become hits at dinners with parents. Parents who didn't book us for dinner are now calling to see if we can squeeze in one more dinner or lunch. Dinner conversations for us with parents are wide-ranging and always go late into the night. Like the kids we are eating like royalty. Discussions of the current political situation and the character of Argentine politics in general are always stimulating and filled with laughter. Agnes's passionate castellano is fun for all of us and adults frequently ask her to speak like she does in Spain. The accent here is much different than the rest of Latin America. The students have done a good job differentiating the new sounds and making sense of Argentine specific words. Tomorrow we are all off to asados (large bbqs). Agnes, Brad and I will be in the countryside visiting the farm of her host family's. Don