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A Letter to My Parents

in Montevideo.. Last Entry By Lawrence Selby - Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo.

My host parents in Montevideo, Ana and Ricardo, keep a small scrapbook with notes, pictures and postcards from all their student guests (children). It's customary for each student that stays with them to write a small note in the scrapbook before they leave. Looking at the scrapbook is pretty interesting. They have had guests from all over Europe and the United States with an age range of 18 to 72. Ricardo loves to tell me about all the ¨chicas lindas¨ from Switzerland. Maybe it's because I play along with his jokes. Below is a copy of my entry into the scrapbook. I may not be able to type the accents and symbols unique to Spanish (or at least not used in English) correctly, but I will try. On second thought, maybe it won't be so difficult after all since I've been able to find them on the keyboard: (letters with accents).

A Ana y Ricardo (mi madre y padre en Montevideo),

Me gustaría agradecer a ustedes por todos. Pude vivir con ustedes y su familia una única y marvillosa experiencia para mí. ¡No es posible que no recuerde tiempo que pasé aquí, especialmente la comida excelente (muchos gracias Ana) y las malas palabras que Ricardo me enseño (muchos gracias Ricardo y "andá a cagar")! Tal vez un dia cuando yo puedo hablar español bien, nosotros podemos hablar otra vez y yo podría agradecer mejor. ¡Hasta aquel tiempo, quiero salud y felicidad por la familia Ortega!

Me llamo Lorenzo. Soy de Nueva York, Estados Unidos y trabajo en sistema ingenieria. Yo estoy estudiando en la escuela de idiomas aqui por 4 semanas. Estoy contento con todos: la ciudad de Montevideo, la escuela, mis profesores, y especialmente mi familia aqui en Montevideo. Buena suerta.

Su hijo de E.U.,

Lorenzo

# Posted by connie on Jul 7
 

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