Office humour

I'm less than a month in of my internship at our lovely embassy in Madrid and already the office atmosphere is surprisingly fun and relaxed.
Yesterday the political intern tried pulling our leg with the help of our Spanish/Danish receptionist. He came into our office (me and the other intern of commerce). He told us that the boss of our lovely colleague in the political department had sent him an email saying that she would not have time for the rest of the internship to sit in the reception. Now the case is this: we are all dead scared to sit there and receive the calls from whoever, especially if a Spanish person calls and we have no clue what they are saying :S
Obviously at first we laughed at him but then he started looking quite serious after that and we began to believe him. We should of course have realised the sneakiness of an intern of politics, but nooo... We fell for it....
Had we done anything to deserve it? Of course not! It definitely DID NOT have anything to do with the fact that me and my co-intern keep voting who has to take care of incoming calls in the reception when the receptionist can't be there, and we certainly don't end up both voting for her, every time. Majority rules, that's democracy, right?
The revenge will be sweet!!!

Any suggestions on how to get back at her will fo'sho' be taken into consideration!

Back from Uruguay and leaving for Iguazú falls

I hereby bring you a quick and dirty update in English.

Came back from Uruguay Monday morning - great trip, passed by fast and without enough sleep from Friday to Saturday because we had booked the ferry for 7 in the morning and couldn't help ourselves but party on Friday night of course.

After two days of working, still missing one last day before being completely done with volunteering, I am now headed off to see the Iguazú waterfalls in Northern Argentina/Brazil. There will be more about both trips sometime next week, just wanted to let you know that I am well in Argentina and time is flying! Can't believe I am already leaving for the US in 8 days!
So, here's a picture of what I'll be looking at starting tomorrow morning (afternoon danish time). 18 hour bus ride - here I come!

BESOS xxx

Querida Buenos Aires - an update in English

I hereby bring my non-Danish speaking friends a quick update in English (Stéphanie, los esfuerzos que hago por tí). If you wish to read it in Danish - change the language on your right side - and you will be able to enjoy a truly entertaining post this time around. Some expressions can simply not be learned nor understood using technology - but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have a go at it! Haha.

Alright, the update. As you most likely know I have now been in the lovely city of Buenos Aires for one month already. Only one month remaining and I feel quite stressed with the things I wish to do and places to go to, but haven't, because I've been thinking that two months would be plenty of time to get to know a city, right? Parisian friend, I know you are laughing right now!

Everything is going well at the community center where I work, last week we held a meeting to get more focused about the functionality and general wishes for the webpage/blog I am helping them create, and this week we will be taking photos to post online and hopefully collect small presentations of the guests who come to the radio show on a regular basis. Furthermore, I am slowly starting to think about how best to hand over the project, since it is important if they are to benefit  in the future from my work at the radio station. Some things just take longer with the language barrier.

The show is by the way broadcasted each Monday-Friday at 5pm-7pm (GMT -3) at www.fmriachuelo.com.ar. Listen to it if you understand Spanish - I might even talk on the show which I already did once, but will be doing again at least one more time before I leave.

What else am I doing here?

I am now quite busy with writing up my résumé and finding possible internships around the world. Most of the ones I find interesting seem to have deadlines in mid-September which means that as for now I have little time to spare to go out and enjoy the sun and the spring and the happiness I see in the streets after the weather finally changed to something warmer and less rainy. I guess I should have realized earlier on that deadlines would be around now - but that's always how it is with new experiences, you never know what's coming. Which is exactly why we should try to do something new each day! So I am currently looking to go to Spain, Latinamerica, North America or Australia. Should you be in possesion of valuable insight, have heard of a great internship somewhere, know someone or something that might come in handy - I'd be delighted to receive help.
Moreover, my lectures started back at home this week. Deciding to study at a distance will hopefully turn into the best decision ever made - or I'll die trying. I'm sure my teachers will understand.
As you see. Life can be just as serious in Buenos Aires as in Copenhagen. I am still in the process of realizing that fact, but as already written, the pressure is on! Will be a busy couple of weeks.

Un beso a todos <3