Gone international, otra vez

As I'm sitting here writing this, it dawned on me that the title of this blog is no longer fitting. It must be my eye for detail (thank you CPA exam for all the practice). Kathy Goes Global, Part 2. We're not exactly on part 2 anymore; more like part 4 or 5! But make no mistake, I'm going global otra vez!

Drumroll......

BARCELONA BOUND!!

Back in action!

Well, it will come as no surprise to many of you that my aventuras (adventures) abroad have brought me an incredible new experience.  I returned yesterday morning, super early might I add, from an amazing one-week vacation and certainly one of the most unique trips I have ever taken.  I know you're all dying to hear about it... I was dying to write about it in the midst of everything!

I found out awhile ago that one of my friends, Bri, was going to be volunteering in Guatemala for the months to come.  I immediately thought: 1. wow, that is really cool & 2. when can I come visit??!  It's funny how things work out sometimes.  Bri and I first met while studying in Buenos Aires together almost 2 years ago.  Sidenote- can you believe that come this June it will be 2 YEARS since I went to Argentina?  Anyway, this was not the first time that I decided to take a little impromptu vacation to visit Bri.  Last year I spent a nice little weekend at ASU (Arizona State University for those of you who aren't familiar with this absolutely wonderful place- shout out to my fellow pitchforkers!), but this is besides the point.  Long story short, Bri is from Wyoming and a couple from her hometown formed a nonprofit organization some time ago that runs primarily in Guatemala.  After graduation Bri decided to take the leap and head to Guatemala as a part of this organization and spend her time volunteering and teaching English in a school in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala.  She has been living and teaching there since January of 2012.  If you'd like to read about what she's been up to, click here!

Don't cry for me Argentina, the truth is I never left you

Wow. Where to start? Because I've been all over the place the past few weeks! I've taken 14 flights in the past month and a half. That has to be like a world record or something. I spent 2 weeks vacationing with my parents from the 5 month vacation I've been on since June. I live the hard life. We had a really great time, and luckily everything worked out while we were down there. A great end to a great 5 months. I'm now back in Jersey, getting accustomed to my normal slash will-never-be-as-exciting-as-my-South-American-life life at home. Back to the norm, I even got a welcome home, first snow of the year on Thanksgiving! It's kind of weird not talking to people in Spanish or joking around with Spanglish all the time like I'm used to. Missing BsAs, but very happy to be home! Pues, asi es la vida.

Argentina, nunca te voy a olvidar. NUNCA.

Otra vez no tengo palabras. Podría empezar a describir los últimos meses (Ha pasado 5 meses! No lo puedo creer!), pero no podría aguantarlo en este momento porque me pone muy triste. Tampoco no quiero irme de Argentina (pues en realidad, no quiero irme de suramérica), pero he tomado en cuenta que con el fin de cualquier cosa empieza otra cosa. Gracias a Dios por darme esa oportunidad porque nunca la voy a olvidar. Era la experiencia más increíble de mi vida y voy a extrañar mucho este país y todos que conocí acá (amigos, porteños, ISA, y especialmente mi mamá) como no creerías! Hay que aprovechar los últimos días!! Aquí está una lista de mis memorias favoritas.

From the tropics to the tundra

COOLEST WEEK OF MY LIFE. I even sat in class for two days and I can still make that statement. So let me explain :-)

Bolivia = otro mundo. No joke.

Three things before I really go into detail about anything.

1. This past week has been almost indescribable. To the point where, I don't even know how to write about it in this blog. With this being said, I just want to thank God that I was able to have this experience in Bolivia because I will definitely NEVER EVER forget about it. With Him, nothing is impossible!

Time to pensar sobre todo, no?

So I've been down here for quite some time now, and now that I'm actually realizing that I am leaving in what seems like no time I've been thinking about how DRASTICALLY different and weird it will be to go home! So I've decided to write and tell you about how different (but cool!) Argentina and South America in general is from home.  To the left is a picture of me thinking about all of my pensamientos (but really just acting like a goof in the beautiful Japanese Gardens in BA!). And here's my wonderful list:

Life as a Porteña

Well, you'll be happy to know that I have survived midterms. Yay! Time for vacation yet? Haha before I get into my upcoming travels, I've opted to fill you in on a few things I've done lately (and some relatively old experiences that I mistakenly forgot to share antes!).

Menos que dos meses? AHHH

Woah! I don't know how or when it happened, but amidst me figuring out my travel plans yesterday for my time remaining here I was nonchalantly counting the number of weeks I have left in Buenos Aires. How many? NOT ENOUGH. Only 8 weeks remain (not counting my 2 week vacation from vacation after the fact!) of my time here in Argentina. It is loco how fast time flies!

Updates!

Lots of updates are coming soon! But for now, check out the youtube page I just created! There's only a few videos up as of now, but I have tons to upload that I will get around to doing soon. Click here!

Shout out to everyone at home!! Only about 2 more months until I see you all :-)