I've been in Catamarca for 3 days

After 15 long hours of being in planes and 6.5 hours of being in a car, I am finally in the beautiful San Fernando del valle de Catamarca. It literally takes ten minutes to walk from my house to the mountains, which are absolutely stunning.I am kind of living in a desert. There's cactus everywhere, and I don't wear makeup because it would just sweat right off (It's only spring!).oh! Theres a salt desert 30 mins away from my house.When I landed in Argentina, I immediately noticed the majority of the males(who are beautiful btw) have longer hair than men in the U.S. The Castellano accent is muy impresionante. It's quite different than the spanish i was taught.The differences are:
the y makes a j sound
the ll makes a j sound
the s's aren't prounced
the vos form is used
and everyone speaks SO fast
But my spanish is coming along quite nice. I haven't met one person that speaks english (which is good) and I literally think in spanish. It's so weird typing in english..I'm honestly forgetting my english-it takes me a second to think of certain words.But whenever someone speaks to me, my heart just flutters with happiness and intrigue at the accent.
I've never recieved so many kisses in my life. I literally get like 20 kisses on my cheek a day. I love how friendly,warm-hearted, and outgoing the Argentines are. They are truly beautiful people. Family is very important in this culture. I've met quite a bit of members of my host family, who by the way are incredibly kind. Every night my host mom "blesses me" and says Dios te bendiga and kisses me goodnight on the cheek. Everyone stays up super late here-till 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm going to a quinceanera tonight that starts at 10pm and ends at 6am.
Differences I've noticed so far include:
Family is of utmost importance here. Meals are important too
Everything is in celcius, kilometers, and military time
There are a greater number of police
There is a siesta from 3-5 where the negocios (businesses) close and the town sleeps
The keys are all gold and really cool looking.They look ancient.
Clothes dryers do not exist.
The cashiers in the grocery stores have chairs that they sit in instead of standing.
There is a bedet in the restroom
Foods I've tried so far:
Lengua de vaca (cow tongue)
Dulce de leche yummmm
pastel de papas (cake of potatoes) It has fried potatoes, olives, eggs, beef
milanesa de vaca-carne de vaca con pan
flan (I've definitely had this in the U.S. though)
Oh! we also have a limited amount of water for the year, so there are certain times of the day where we can't use water. It never rains here, so we have a very limited supply. I start school Monday!