Cimela Kidonakis of Optix Studios just posted the video that she made for the going away party for the 5890 scholars who are about to leave.  Cimela made a high caliber video as always, so check it out below.  Big thanks again to Monica, Angie Jimenez, Bill Barmore, the Buscemis and all the Rotarians and Rotaractors with family and friends who made the evening a wonderful celebration.  I will miss my 5890 Rotary family, but look forward to representing this great district abroad and keeping all you fifty-eight nintiers (we need to come up with a catchier way to say that) well informed of whats going on in Buenos Aires.

In other news, I am still working on getting this website up to snuff before I start publicizing it more so please, friendly observer and loyal reader, share any suggestions you may have to make the site more user friendly and clear.  Don't worry about offending.  My skin is as thick as a rhino's (see below).

Though my skin is rhinoesque (in a metaphorical sense), I'd like to think my temperament is much milder. Until next time!

Hello everyone! This is my first post on my "in construction" website. I'm new to blogging and constructing a website, but WELCOME none the less!  I am very excited about my upcoming trip.

I will give a quick up to date account of where I am in the whole process.  Thanks to my mother's years of work with Continental I am lucky to have free flights (on standby) all over the world.  I am eligible as long as I am under 25 and still enrolled in school, so I will definitely take advantage of this as much as I can before I'm ineligible.  By the way, anybody have a good suggestion for a credit card where I can collect miles? I better start collecting now.

Anyway, the point of that tangent was to explain my ability to fly down to Buenos Aires a few weeks ago.  I was there for a week, and during that time, was able to interview for my school, get accepted, visit my host Rotary Club (Villa Lugano) in what seem to be the suburbs of Buenos Aires, and find an apartment!  It was a very productive and exciting trip.  I made new friends and even met up with old friends from UST, my alma mater.

I am currently straightening up everything with my insurance and just need to get proof of my clean criminal record for application of my visa, which I will do once I am in BA.  For all of you planning to come visit, the governments of the USA and Argentina have kindly arranged for you the ability to travel to Argentina for up to 90 days with no visa.  So its that much easier to come see me! I did catch wind of a 100 something dollar tax for tourists though.  More info on that when I get it.

A quick thanks to Monica Aleman (and the Rotaractors), Bill Barmore, and Angie Jimenez for planning a wonderful going away party for the outgoing ambassadorial scholars and myself a week ago.  Once I get some pictures of the event, I'll post them with a description of the event.