Tereré y Paraguay

Last week I got letters and pictures from my cousins, the Pitrof kids: Sydney, Olivia, Tony, and Sam, which my host family thinks they'r...

I'm starting to put my pictures on ShutterFly, check them out at usatoparaguay.shutterfly.com If it asks you, the password is "pila...

A lot of people have been asking about the food here, so here it is. An entire post dedicated to Paraguayan food. I´ll add to this during th...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105939&id=700860927&l=8e184 Part 1, AFS Camps, Plane ride, etc. http://www.facebook.com/album....

So I´ve completed my first full week of Paraguayan high school. Some subjects are surprisingly easy (Matemáticas, Física, Lógica) and others...

I started school on wednesday. It´s called "Colegio Nacional Italiano Santo Tomas¨but everyone just calls it Santo Tomas. The "Ita...

It´s been ridiculously hot! School starts next Wednesday. I get my uniform tomorrow- a gray skirt and white blouse. I´m going to be in the g...

So I´m finally here. After 3 flights, 2 days in a hotel, a crazy van ride through asuncion, two days in a hostel-type thing, and a 6 hour bu...

11 February I go from Chicago to Miami for an orientation.. 13 February I fly to Santiago, Chile. Later that day I fly to Asunción. I stay i...

My visa application is in. I have a host family. I have plane tickets. Now I wait.