Q&A

So I have gotten so many questions about my trip and many are very similar so here are the answers I came up with! If you have another's just shoot me an email kayemilewski@live.com

Q: how do people cope with the water shortage?
A: well my little neighborhood is the only one who gets lack of water because it is a poorer area. People have been living with it forever so it doesn't even phase them.

Q:how far are you from the Argentina boarder?
A: I am not exactly sure Asuncion is almost rite on the boarder so I would say no more that 3-4 hours which here is just a bus ride!

Q: are you traveling anywhere else why your there?
A: I hope to go to Brazil in October with october to see the Iquazu falls which is where brazil, paraguay, and Argentina's water shed combines it looks beautiful. And if I had to dream a little bit I would love to go skiing in Chile and visit Argentina and Bolivia haha :)

Q: have you showed them how to play frisbee?
A: I have not yet because my disks are in the mail on their way down here! However, some people know what a frisbee is but have never used one.

Q: do you have a tv?
A: yes there is a tv in the house in my brothers room. It is mostly used to play video games but sometimes we will watch tv. It has very bad reception and is all Spanish!

Q:do you have access to books that you want to read?
A:yes I have a Kindle but I'm trying to not read because I think that it is affecting my learning curve.

Q: can you see the southern cross constellation?
A: yes I can! The sky is so clear out here at night I cannot stop looking at it. I can even see the streaks of the milky way. One thing that is weird is that some nights there is no moon only in the day time.

Q: how can you pass your classes without knowing Spanish?
A: well I only need a math and elective credit currently I'm in classes that I have already taken so I really do not need to pass them. Also the teachers don't expect me to do the same work considering here it is semester 2 so it's half way through the curriculum.

Q: how do I communicate with other AFS students?
A: there is one other AFS girl in my town and we text the others that I have become friends with we stay in touch my reading each others blogs and Facebook is a god sent!

Q: doesn't the family get paid to help host you
A: nope!! AFS is a strictly volunteer host program. All family's do not get any money or other support to host me. Which I find really cool because it gets families who really care and aren't in it for the money.