GW in BA

Last Monday I went to a GW Alum happy hour here in Buenos Aires. Go figure I would find a GW connection out here (I have Tisa to thank for that). So far I have met 4 people in Argentina other that graduated around my year. Two graduated from GW and the other two participated in an exchange program at GW. All of which are "buen onda."

When I got to the Millions (the restaurant and lounge we met at) I was greeted by the coordinator of the alumni group (she is so sweet). I meet two other alums of GW and we chatted (in English this time) about their careers now and about memories of GW. This English session quickly ended once everybody had showed up. It seemed that I was the only spanish novice. I was asked if I understood spanish and I said "mas o menos pero yo aprendendo." With my permission the group proceeded to discuss the direction that they hoped the group would go (bot much of a happy hour convo but nevertheless...).

It was a bit overwhelming to listen to everyone talking at once. Just as we do in English, people speak faster and not as clearly when they are chatting with other spanish speakers. I am not complaining though because it was a good opportunity to practice following the conversation (though I wasn't able to respond much. I did introduce myself in spanish an did pretty well.

At the end of the night I had befriended two other young ladies and we all planned to get together soon. Fun times ; ).