Ultimo dia en la escuela

Hola

Today was my last day at San Lucas and Sagrada Familia schools. This afternoon I have one more class at the Normal School and that's it. The past month has gone by very slowly at times but now it seems no time at all since I was in NZ

I wrote a speech to give today and it was well received by both students and teachers. At the end of lessons at San Lucas, the owner of the school put on nibbles and drinks (no not alcohol) actually coke - they drink heaps of it here, and I gave my speech again for the teachers.
Tonight I am meeting a couple of the teachers from school at the restaurant behind the supermarket for coffee and cake. The owner of the school will be there too and she wants to know all about education in NZ. Thankfully she speaks English so I will be able to give her a fair idea. Explaining principles and theories in a foreign language is somewhat taxing if not nearly impossible for someone with my level of Spanish.

2 days later:
Am now in Buenos Aires. The computer crashed while I was typing and I have not had another chance to write until now.
I arrived here last night at 5.15, only about 2 hours late, which is par for the course when it comes to flights in Argentina I´m told. There was no one at the airport to meet me and I waited for about 40 mins until a taxi driver with an AFS sign came into the arrivals hall. He had been waiting outside apparently. I was not going to go wandering around as I had no idea who was meeting me. When we arrived at the AFS office in the city, Margaret, the other teacher from NZ was there so we were able to catch up briefly before she left to catch the plane home. Another taxi brought me out here to Mariela´s place. Mariela is a friend of Lorena who is my night class Spanish teacher at home. Today we are off exploring the city and tonight hopefully dinner and a tango show. Tomorrow is more tourist type stuff of course. It is a beautiful day here, cold but not a cloud in the sky.
Mariela´s apartment is to the north of the city so we will catch a train into the central station and take it from there. At last I get to see BA in person! Am very excited!!
Hasta luego
Viv