Mi familia y mi segundo día en Córdoba!

Aquí está mi familia!! 
From left to right: (me), Flor, Juan, Marcelo, Nena, y Alejandra

I actually only live with Nena! Alejandra is her daughter, whose husband is Marcelo. Their kids are Juan and Flor. They live just a few houses down from me, so they are hopefully going to be around a lot. I love this family already. They are so nice to me and are VERY forgiving when it comes to my Spanish!! Man, do I have a lot to learn! haha! 

Today was the first day of orientation and it was really nice to meet other intercambio students! It was helpful to see others in the same situation that I am. It was a long day of a lot of information, but it was helpful and I'm very excited to get to know the students more! One of the girls in my program actually lives directly across the street from me, so it was nice being able to navigate the bus and walk home together. It is pretty easy to figure out though! 

Today, right after I got home, Nena asked if I wanted to go bike riding and of course I said yes! Flor y su amigo, Mariano took me all around the area! It was fun, but also a little scary, because sometime we were riding directly next to the cars! The city is absolutely beautiful. I am not directly downtown (I guess you could call it a suburb), and I am very thankful for this! The area is really interesting to me, because it contrasts so highly between rich and poor. Sometimes there are horse-drawn wagons on the streets (which are apparently only for those who can't afford cars), which is interesting and they feel VERY out of place. The bike ride was really neat though. We stopped at a small plaza (park) and ate cookies and they taught me the "bad" spanish phrases that are ok to use when you are with your friends! :) haha! Overall, I'm already starting to love this city!