Arrival to Iguazu

On Friday, we all gathered in the cafeteria in the morning, but didn't have our usual time to ask for a cup of coffee, as we had a busy morning and afternoon ahead at San Miguel, a small place about an hour and fifteen minutes outside of Buenos Aires. There was a Jesuit school that needed some volunteer work done. When we arrived, we immediately were greeted by people eager to work with us on some renovations. Our volunteer work was quite laborious, as we had to dig a large hole about 20 centimeters deep all around so that the patio of the school could be widened. This took us about two and a half hours and the job was done. Later that evening at 8:30, following the big playoff win by the Colegio del Salvador basketball team, we all headed to Puerto Madero, where we sat in a fancy theater, enjoyed yet another delicious meal, and watched a tango show to live music. After this, we parted ways, but not before a collection of group pictures were taken in which we stood in front of the water and a beautiful view of the Buenos Aires skyline. After a weekend full of fun activities such as an adventure park full of obstacles, and paintball, which the Americans won, we finished watching The Mission. The movie gave a wonderful depiction of what the Iguazu area looked like and gave a very strong message about the spread of Catholicism in the New World. After this we took a walk to El Ateneo, a famous old theater that has been transformed into a wonderful bookstore. We walked around and looked at all the very organized sections and then had a little snack at the cafe before returning to school. When we got back to school we got split up into teams of two and taught different English classes in different grades. Some of the topics we taught about were the differences between American and British English and how to write an e-mail. We had one last meeting before we all headed home to pack up for Iguazu. Tuesday was a day filled with nervousness. It began by waking up and seeing that there was a heavy fog that surrounded all of Buenos Aires. When we got to the airport we boarded the plane but were stuck on the runway for an hour before they brought us back to the airport to see if the weather would clear. We waited for an hour  in the airport before seeing that we would be able to board again. This time the plane took off and we landed safely in Iguazu. But before we could depart from the airport we joined over 100 people by watching the final minutes of the Argentina-Switzerland game, which was won in extra time by Argentina. After this we made our way to our hotel where we found our rooms and made our way to the restaurant which had a giant projector projecting the USA game. After 120 minutes of watching Tim Howard have one of the best performance in World Cup history the United States was eliminated from the World Cup. But we didn't let it get us down as we spent the rest of the night playing different games at the hotel and looking forward to a very exciting trip to the falls on Wednesday.