1. 2 years ago 

   FUTBOL

   Every Friday afternoon I play in a little ex-pat/traveler “futbol” tournament on some turf fields in Alto Palermo. Whether it’s de facto for those not native to Argentina or actually billed as some spectacle for us lost souls I’m not really sure, but either way it’s a bunch of fun and a half-decent way to meet some interesting people…in English.

   Anyway it’s been good to have a routine activity, it’s the perfect way to start the weekend, and of course we always have a good time running about in the Buenos Aires sunshine. And I finally managed to get the camera out last week so everyone can marvel at me in all my footballing glory. Speaking of which, WORLD CUP 2010: ENGLAND, USA, ALGERIA, SLOVENIA = absolutely fantastic, so of course I have to represent out here as one of very few Americans. So enjoy the photos, and C’MON USA!

2. Notes

So I, Sean Kesluk, left Los Angeles for a 6 month adventure abroad in Europe and South America. After a few weeks studying the Deutsch in Freiburg, Germany, it's two months up north in Hamburg working for the city's Jewish community center. After a brief foray into Sweden, I'll head South to Buenos Aires for some Spanish classes and volunteer work in a La Boca soup kitchen. After that it's back home to the States and national service with AmeriCorps NCCC. With a month of training at the VA medical campus in Perry Point, MD, it 's off to Baltimore for my first project, two months working for The Samaritan Women, a non-profit renovating a hundred-year-old mansion to use as a transitional home for women in recovery from heroin addiction and human trafficking, in addition to expanding a farm/urban garden to distribute produce to soup kitchens, shelters, and those in nutritional poverty. The second project will see us down in New Orleans, LA doing post-Katrina work with The Phoenix of New Orleans, a non-profit which renovates homes for Lower Mid-City homeowners who can't afford to do so.

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