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a e-mail my brother send me
Hello Stu!
As a Paraguayan would say, que tal? or hows it going? great im hoping. i love paraguay, its amazing, things are so different here, but in a good way. i will admit, after being seperated from my class on sunday i was down in the dumps for a day. i felt pretty upset, but i have a great host family who are really nice and wouldnt let me dwell on bad things, they just took me everywhere! everyday i am out and about all the time. last night, my host brother Rodrigo took me to this street festival thing. everyone in Barrio San Miguel (the district of caacupe in which i live) comes to this one courtyard and just plays music...all night long. it was fun. and i think im going again tonight. yesterday Alcides and Rodrigo invited me to play soccor, i accepted although i sucked majorly. everyone just laughed it off and we had a great time. my house is different, very different than what im used to. very small, and a lot of curtains for doors. but my room has a door and a lock etc. i have three dogs, Linda, Oliver and Jocki. Oliver is my favourite cause he doesnt bark all the time and jump up on me. theres also a parrot named Polly, who is very good at imitating voices. it led me to believe my host brother diego was in the yard and i went looking for him, only to discover the wretched bird sitting on its perch! Paraguay is very akuu, thats hot in guarani. i cant walk down a street without almost dying of thirst. luckily, in Paraguay if you buy a glass bottle of coke for 3000 guarani, about 50 cents in CDN, you can get it refilled for only 1000 G. as many times at you wish! but, i am far fonder of Terere, a cold tea drink which you share with friends and family. everything is very different in Caacupe, you never knock on someones front door, instead, you stand by the gate and clap. usually someone will shout out the window Quien esta? (who is there) and you can come in. also, whether you know them or not, you always say hello to people on the street as you pass them, although this is done by saying Adios, not Hola. our bags didnt turn up for a day and it was pretty damn annoying. but we still had fun. we ran to the pool of our hotel and found cows there, just lots of cows. they are everywhere, i live about a minute walk from the hospital and there are cows standing on the lawn. its different, but i like it. i am not far from El Centro, the big part of the town with the Basilica (which is huge) and stores. this is how i get to a computer. im in a cafe, because in paraguay internet is very expensive, so they have cafes. the food is also different, but good, last night my host mother made this curry-like stuff called Gusa. very good. anyways, i really have to get going! time is running out, i only payed for an hour. this week or next week i am going to try and call from a Kabina, a store with low cost to call internationally, about 4000G per minute, only 70 cents. if not, i will email you all again soon, but i cant waste all my time in here! i have to get going to spanish lessons soon too. i will see you in four months. miss you all.
adios.
al
Hello Stu!
As a Paraguayan would say, que tal? or hows it going? great im hoping. i love paraguay, its amazing, things are so different here, but in a good way. i will admit, after being seperated from my class on sunday i was down in the dumps for a day. i felt pretty upset, but i have a great host family who are really nice and wouldnt let me dwell on bad things, they just took me everywhere! everyday i am out and about all the time. last night, my host brother Rodrigo took me to this street festival thing. everyone in Barrio San Miguel (the district of caacupe in which i live) comes to this one courtyard and just plays music...all night long. it was fun. and i think im going again tonight. yesterday Alcides and Rodrigo invited me to play soccor, i accepted although i sucked majorly. everyone just laughed it off and we had a great time. my house is different, very different than what im used to. very small, and a lot of curtains for doors. but my room has a door and a lock etc. i have three dogs, Linda, Oliver and Jocki. Oliver is my favourite cause he doesnt bark all the time and jump up on me. theres also a parrot named Polly, who is very good at imitating voices. it led me to believe my host brother diego was in the yard and i went looking for him, only to discover the wretched bird sitting on its perch! Paraguay is very akuu, thats hot in guarani. i cant walk down a street without almost dying of thirst. luckily, in Paraguay if you buy a glass bottle of coke for 3000 guarani, about 50 cents in CDN, you can get it refilled for only 1000 G. as many times at you wish! but, i am far fonder of Terere, a cold tea drink which you share with friends and family. everything is very different in Caacupe, you never knock on someones front door, instead, you stand by the gate and clap. usually someone will shout out the window Quien esta? (who is there) and you can come in. also, whether you know them or not, you always say hello to people on the street as you pass them, although this is done by saying Adios, not Hola. our bags didnt turn up for a day and it was pretty damn annoying. but we still had fun. we ran to the pool of our hotel and found cows there, just lots of cows. they are everywhere, i live about a minute walk from the hospital and there are cows standing on the lawn. its different, but i like it. i am not far from El Centro, the big part of the town with the Basilica (which is huge) and stores. this is how i get to a computer. im in a cafe, because in paraguay internet is very expensive, so they have cafes. the food is also different, but good, last night my host mother made this curry-like stuff called Gusa. very good. anyways, i really have to get going! time is running out, i only payed for an hour. this week or next week i am going to try and call from a Kabina, a store with low cost to call internationally, about 4000G per minute, only 70 cents. if not, i will email you all again soon, but i cant waste all my time in here! i have to get going to spanish lessons soon too. i will see you in four months. miss you all.
adios.
al