Ay caray! No hay carpetas

Hey there everyone! Hope you are all having a good summer. Down here in Argentina, it has been a mild winter. No snow so far, with temperatures in the 10s-20s (celsius). I met my extended family (some aunts, uncles, cousins and my grandfather) at an asado (bbq) last night, which was far from boring. Apparently, abuelo (grandfather) was drunk, and the cousins and I hung out around town, went to the plaza and walked by the nigthclub, which we didn't enter, seeing as our cousins are 6-14. It was definitely different than US get-togethers; the adults were almost as loud as the children, and the party didn't stop til about 3 am. The day before, on Friday, one AFSer, Jay, had a party at his house. A bunch of people showed up and we all ate empanadas (like a taco) and pizza and played this hand clapping game and then Mafia. Again, that party didn't end til early morning (we all went home around 1:30 or 2 am). We have 1 week left of winter break and then it's back to school. I'm looking forward to that because I haven't really met a lot of people, only my sisters' friends. Not that that hasn't been fun, but I want to meet new people, even though my sisters and I get along really well, which is lucky, because we can definitely see "problems" with other AFSers and their host siblings. I definitely am thankful for such an amazing family.
Chau!

Alex