Cafe Iberico

Este post, no va a hacer referencia a ningun paseo turistico, ni tampoco de algo extranio que haya pasado en el colegio, este post va especificamente referido a un restaurant que visite el jueves a la noche.
Cafe Iberico se llama, y desde que entre, hasta que sali, no paro de sorprenderme. Como su nombre lo indica, servian platos tipicos de la peninsula iberica, mayormente Espania.
Empezamos por pedir las bebidas y cuando terminamos de pedirlas ya nos las estaban sirviendo. Seguimos pidiendo tres platos, y al paso de dos o tres minutos ya estabamos comiendo.
La comida era de verdad muy rica, un poco picante, pero era muy sabrosa y el picante le agregaba aun mas sabor.
En resumen comimos muy bien, el servicio fue muy bueno, rapido y con buena onda. Finalmente si alguna vez visitan Chicago, vayan a

"Cafe Iberico". 

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This post is not going to be about some tourist trip, or neither about some surprising that had happened in the school, this post is specifically referedto a restauraunt i visited on Thursday evening.
It is called Cafe Iberico, and, since i entered and till i left, it didn't stop surprising me. As it named indicate, there were served dishes from "La Peninsula Iberica", mostly, from Spain.
We started by asking something to drink and in the same moment we were finishing asking, we were being served. We continued to ask for three dishes, and two or three minutes later we were eating.
The tasted really good, a little bit spicy, but that added taste.
All in all, we ate really good and the service was fast and everybody was nice. Finally, is you ever visit Chicago, go to,

"Cafe Iberico".

Feliz Halloween// Happy Halloween

Llego uno de los dias mas esperados por los Estadounidenses, casi al nivel de Navidad. Ya de temprano se veia gente disfrasada, y ni hablar de las decoraciones en las casas, estaban puestas hace ya varios dias.
Cuando llegamos al colegio, nos estaban esperando con una breve introduccion de lo que Halloween se ignifica aca, y sus origenes.
Luego de esto nos retiramos a las clases. El dia fue normal y no voy a aburrirlos con cosas que ya conte en post anteriores.
Cuando llegue a la casa de mi host, empezo verdaderamente el dia. El timbre sonaba y sonaba, y cuando la puerta era abierta se escuchaba "Trick or treating" en la voz de pequenios ninos. Estos estaban, obviamente, con sus padres. Pasaban las horas y los chicos se iban convirtiendo en adolescentes y ya iban solos.
Nosotros finalmente, nos juntamos en la casa de una de las host y tuvimos una pequenia pero divertida fiesta. Todos disfrazados, y obviamente, siendo el centro de atencion como paso durante todo el viaje, pasamos y cantamos canciones nuestras. Ya bien de noche disfrutamos de los caracteristicos malvadiscos, muy ricos por cierto.
En fin de esto se trata esta festividad tan propia de los Estados Unidos, que parecia tan de pelicula pero, resulto tan real. Tan solo queda decir

"Feliz Halloween"

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It finally came one of the most waited days by the U.S. people, almost at Christmas level. Early in the morning you could already see people dressed up, even more, houses decorations have already been placed weeks ago.

At the school they were waiting us with a small presentation about how much does Halloween mean for them, and where it comes from. 

After this we went to the class. The day was quite normal so, as i don't want to bored you with this i will continue with what happened after school.

Once i was in my Host;s house the bell started to ring, and it continued like that for the whole day. Whenever you opened the door you would hear "trick or treating" and see little boys with their parents.While the time passed boys became teens, and they went trick or treating alone.

We, finally, joined together at a host"s house to have a party. Although it was small we all, dressed up and everything, had fun, and they were all paying attention to us at all moment, as it has been since we arrived here. At nigh we enjoyed the characteristic  marshmallows, that, off the record, were really tasty.

All in all, this is all about this festivity so typical from the States, that seemed to be just in movies, but ended up being so real. I just have to say

"Happy Halloween".

Un adolescente Estadounidense// A States teen

Hoy fue nuestro primer dia en el colegio. Tuvimos la suerte de entrar un pco mas tarde, y nos estaban esperando con un desayuno muy tipico. Luego del mismo, quedamos nosotros con nuestro "host" solos y ahi fue cuando la experiencia comenzo.
Asistimos a todas las diferentes clases a las que nuestro host tenia que. Obviamente, al principio llamabamos la atencion en la clases y todos se acercaban para intercambiar alguna que otra palabra con nosotros (como si fueramos estrellas de Hollywood o algun deporte).
Basicamente las clases y todo el entorno, era como en las peliculas o series, las clases de 40 minutos, los alumnos cambiando de aula, los pasillos llenos de gente corriendo, hablando..
Un poco shockiados llegamos al almuerzo, donde la vida de pelicula continuo. El comedor lleno, la gente sirviendo distintos tipos de comida, cada uno comiendo lo que queria, simplemente no parecia real.
Obviamente el ritmo de las clases no es al que estamos acostumbrados, como tampoco ir cambiando de companieros o de clase durante todo el dia, y eso fue lo que hizo a este dia tan especial, tan distinto, como si fueramos,

"Un adolescente Estadounidense".

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Today it was our first school day. Luckily, we entered a lit bit later, and we were received with a very typical breakfast. After the breakfast, we were left alone with our host y that was when the experience began.

We attend to all the different classes our host had to.  Obviusly, at first, we called the attention in the class, and everybody was getting closer to us to talk a little (just as if we were stars from Hollywood or some sport).

Basically the classes and everything else was like in movies or series, 40 minutes long classes, students changing from class to class, corridors crowded with people running, talking...

Kind of shock, we got till lunch, where movie life continued. The room fulled, people serving differents kind of foods, everyone eating what he wanted to, i simply didn't seemed to be real.

Of course, we are not used to the class rhythm, or changing schoolmates or classes during all day, and that was that made this day so especial, so different, as if we were

"A States teen".

La vida de un turista// A turist's life

Hoy, por suerte, no nos toco despertarnos temprano, teniamos que estar a las 11 en el colegio. Asi que me desperte con tiempo y luego de una maniana rutinaria fuimos al colegio. De ahi viajamos al centro de la ciudad, la primer parada, el edificio mas alto del pais.
"The Willis Tower", es uno de los centro turisticos mas importantes del Chicago. El mismo ofrece grandes vistas panoramicas de la ciudad.
Luego del recorrido nos dirigimos a una de las avenidas mas importantes, donde luego de almorzar en McDonals, nos dieron una hora y media para recorrer el centro. Personalmente, me dedique a comprar cosas, y despues visitamos un lugar donde vendian, cosas de los tipicos deportes americanos, beisbol, basket, y futbol americano.
Despues de eso nos juntamos y visitamos un parque y un par mas de lugares emblamaticos y regresamos al colegio.
De ahi varios nos juntamos en una casa a hacer calabazas para halloween, una experiencia totalmente distinta, dificil de explicar pero muy entretenida. Luego comimos juntos y cada uno se retiro para su casa.
Asi fue este dia, en el que vivi "La vida de un turista".
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Today, fortunately , we didn't have to wake up eraly, we just had to be at school by 11 am. So i woke up with some time and after a normal morning we went to the school.
from there we traveled to the city center, the first stop, the highest building of the States.
"The Willis Tower", is one of the most important touristic centers from Chicago. This show some great panoramic sights of the city.
After the visit, we went to one of the most important avenues, where after having lunch at Mcdonals, we were given one and a half our to walk by the city cneter. Personally i pass the time buying things and, afterwards, we visit a place where they sell, stuff from the typical sports, baseball, basket and american football.
Then we joined again, and visit a park and another emblematic places and went back to the school.
After this, some of us  join to make some pumpkins for Halloween, and extremely different experience, difficult to explain, but really nice. After, we ate together and everybody went to each house.
 So this was the day in which i live, "A tourist life".

Saludos desde Chicago// Greetings from Chicago

Luego de unas cansadoras 14 hs de vuelo, aproximadamente, (escala incluida) llegamos a la ciudad de Chicago. Del aeropuerto fuimos directo al colegio, en el emblematico "School Bus", donde nos esperaban las familias.
Unas breves palabras de bienvenida y cada uno, se fue para su destino (Cabe aclarar que la ciudad ya esta preparada y totalmente decorada para la fiesta de Halloween).
Le dicen la ciudad de los vientos, y le hizo honor al nombre. El dia estaba fresco, pero la diferencia la hizo el viento, frio seco, de ese que te pega en la cara y molesta.
Ya en la casa, me hicieron sentir muy comodo, y luego de disfrutar de la tipica "comida chatarra" la familia se junto con otros parientes y empeze a vivir la vida americana. De 12 am a 10 pm 3 partidos de futbol americano ininterrumpidos, y para cerrar la Serie Mundial de Beisbol.
Sin mas que decir, "Saludos desde Chicago".
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After a tiring 14 hours of flight, approximately (scale included) we arrived at the city of Chicago. From the airport we went directly to the school, in the emblematic, "School Bus", where the families were waiting for us.
A few welcome words, and everybody went to his destination ( It's good to say that the city is already prepared and totally decorated for Halloween).
It is called the windy city, and it made honor to it's name. The day was cool, but, what made the difference was the wind, cold, dry, the one that hit you on your face a bothers.
Already at home, where i was made fell really comfortable, and after enjoying of the typical  "junk food" the family join with other relatives and i started living the American life. From 12 in the morning to 10 at nigth three American Football matches, continuously, and for the closure, The Baseball World Series.
With nothing else to say, "Greetings from Chicago".

El viaje comienza

Hoy sábado 27 de octubre de 2012 comienza nuestro viaje. En escasas horas estaremos ya en el aeropuerto internacional de Ezeiza abordando nuestro vuelo con destino final Chicago.

Hay mucha expectativa y los momentos previos se viven con mucha emoción. Se terminaron los días previos, papeleo, documentos, visas, y largos meses de espera para la gran fecha. Finalmente llego este día, el día, hoy...

 ¡¡EL VIAJE COMIENZA!!