Back In The States

Reasons why I am glad to be back in the United States:

1. The food (SPICE, OMG!)
2. Knowing where everything is and having the ability to drive to places, being independent of a city transportation system and being independent of people in general
3. No language barrier
4. My family
5. My friends
6. My bed
7. MY CAR!!!!!!!
8. The heat/sun
9. Being able to get up out of bed without freezing my ass off
10. Being once again acquainted with my love for long, hot showers
11. No school (well, sort of)
12. Taking weekend trips to go to amusement parks

Things I miss/will miss about Argentina:

1. My host Mom and her cooking
2. The entire group that traveled with me and the many people that I had very deep conversations with
3. The drinking age being 18
4. WINE!!!!
5. Traveling on weekends
6. The mountains, the scenery
7. Ojo de buoys (type of tart)
8. Internet cafes where you can order a whole meal while surfing the net
9. Movies dubbed in Spanish (totally makes them a lot funnier)
10. The worth of a peso ($1 = 3 pesos)
11. The non-humid weather, and the beautiful autumn days
12. My program directors

Things that I will most likely NOT miss about Argentina:

1. The COLD!!!!!
2. Not being able to speak in Spanish fluently and being frustrated because of this
3. Being dependent on people and things like the city’s transportation system
4. The idea of no central heating
5. Wearing so many layers of clothes that made me look like an onion most of the time
6. Sleeping with four blankets just so I wouldn’t freeze
7. Not being able to get out of bed or do normal things I do in the US because it was so cold
8. The difficulty of finding internet
9. Being so cold that I was practically unable to learn anything
10. The dangerous areas of Buenos Aires and the extremely cold people there
11. No dryers for clothes
12. Difficulty finding something to eat because everything is practically made of BEEF!