Today is my first official day in Mendoza. After a long flight, I arrived and settled into the house I will be sharing with other students. All are medical students from different areas of the UK and parts of the world, so it´s been interesting listening to their experiences of their placements so far. Some have been on the maternity unit and I have been assured that there will be plenty for me to observe as the unit, much like my training unit, is very busy.
After being taken on an impromptu tour of the city, we settled down and had dinner. followed by a much deserved good night´s sleep.
I have found that my days are very busy and because of siesta 1-5pm when most businesses close, I am not able to update my blog as frequently as I would like. So I have taken up writing my experiences in a notebook and then post them on my blog when I am able.
I am usually an early riser, infact, I did wake up at 5.30am much too early and went back to sleep only to wake again to find that I had ten minutes to spare until my Spanish lesson…great first impression, but all was well! I settled into a four hour session of not just Spanish but Argentinean Spanish. Each county in South America has a different way of using the Spanish language. I have been introduced to ´vos´ which is ´you´ when referring to someone one is familiar with, I am relived to find that I can also use the usual ´tu´ which I am used to as well. The session was intensive but needed, particularly learning medical based words and questions. Our homework for the week is to create a short paragraph presentation on a medical/midwifery condition. I picked pre-eclampsia…good luck to me.
