Mucho gusto!

Ola!

Apologies for not writing sooner but of course it has been so busy since we first arrived! We had such a great welcome reception from our hosts when we finally touched down in Buenos Aires. The journey is something I hope I forget after 4 weeks cos it really takes it out of you! But the team have all settled in with their host familes and we are all being so well looked after. So far we have done vocational visits, I went along to the Municiple buildings of this province of Buenos Aires, I have met the Mayor (the big boss) and sat in on a council session. I also went along to meet the Director of the Eva Peron Foundation which is a charity that provides medical and legal support to poor families there I was able to ask questions and have a tour around the centre. I then went onto meet vetarans of the Falklands War and was able to ask them questions through a translator. What was most interesting is that these veterans now have email contact with British veterans and visits are organised between the two countries.
We went along to our welcome meeting last night, it started at 10pm!! But that is how it is done here and we are quickly adjusting to this. The food and hospitality were fantastic and we look forward to going to the other clubs in Buenos Aires. We gave a breif presentation last night and had a translator present that reminded me of the training we did with Marius, we all coped well and we look forward to presenting as a team again.
I have to quickly mention my host family, Adrian, Patricia and baby Francisco. They do not speak English but they have been so kind to me. I have not been feeling well since I got here, my sinuses are hurting so much that it feels I have a migrane in my cheek but I have some medication and I hope it goes soon!
We are having so much fun trying to communicate with one another and the Spanish is coming along already. Adrian is the biggest Star Wars fan on the planet and he has a room dedicated to memorabilia that I have not seen in my life, it was the most surreal thing when he opened the door to show me. I will be sad to leave them as we get along so well, tonight his family are coming and I look forward to meeting them. They are Italian decent and I have shown Adrians mum pictures/maps of where my mum is from in Malta and she knows Malta well so it makes the world seem so much smaller. Adrian and Patricia live in an area which is controlled by security staff on entrance and exit, they said that only workers of the local factory live here. The area has a nice park and a church and the houses are spacious.
Well I am off now, got lots to do. I will write again soon!
Hasta Luego!
Sam x