Puerto Iguazu, Argentina I

Well, for starters, my name is Ben.  I am currently on a year-long exchange in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, through the rotary international program.  this blog will be about the few days beforehand, the trip over, and the first week or so. (current time)
       The week or so before I left, I had a going away party with all my close friends.  We went camping, had a bonfire, etc.  It was a really great time, and a great thing to have memories of.
I found out my date of departure 2 days before it occured.  This was mostly a welcome thing for me, because I was so incredibly ready to leave for the entire summer.  I packed my bags the day before my departure, and left from pittsburgh airport the next day.  Saying goodbyes to my family wasn´t near as hard as it's cracked up to be. (no offense intended)  I flew from pittsburgh to Miami, miami to Buenos Aires, switched airports at Buenos aires by way of a taxi, and flew from there to Puerto Iguazu.  overall, I travelled for about 22 hours.  I wasn't near as tired as I had expected to be;  in the 40-ish hours or so from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep at my house in argentina, I had about an hour of sleep in between.  I arrived on thursday, the 17th.  In the very first moments of my arrival at my appartment, my first thoughts were of how small it was.  the entire apartment is about 2/3 the size of the bottom floor of my house in the US.  But after about 5 minutes, it was't really an issure for me.  I am currently sharing a room with my host brother Lucho, who is going on an exchange this year as well, but his visa is still pending.  I started school the monday after.  At first I wanted to be in my hostbrother's class, because I already knew several of his friends.  but, within about 10 minutes of class, I already had started talking to some kids.  School here is from 7am until noon.  although it´s shorter than in the states, it still feels very long...You can't go to the bathroom in class, with i didn't, and still don't, really understand.  I take a taxi to and from school, occasionally taking a public bus or getting a ride on the way home. (there's no schoolbusses)  The language is coming slower than I'd like, although I suppose it's only been 8 days.  Today in school was a science fair, in which the other exchange students(there are 2 other girls) and I did nothing but get free drinks and talk, seeing as we spoke pretty minimal amounts of spanish, and had only been at the school for a week or less.  Overall, it was pretty fun for me, certainly better than regular class.  I think the classes would be pretty easy if I spoke more spanish, but right now it's still a bit difficult to process things.