hola!

After an extra-long winter break—aka extra quality time with my beautiful friends and loving family (!!)—I am finally in Buenos Aires!  I still cannot believe that I am actually here, and that I will be here until December.  This has always been such a distant fantasy for me, so it’s hard to believe that it’s finally a reality!

The trip down was not as bad as expected; just one eleven-hour flight and I managed to sleep the entire time.  The flight itself, however, was pretty eventful; a passenger ended up getting ill mid-flight and upon arriving in BA was immediately rushed out of the plane to the waiting paramedics.   We got in a little after 11am and I was with my host family by 2.  After taking a much needed shower, my host mom, Silvia, (also known as Cydney’s host madre!! MISS JEW MI VIDA) walked me to the ISA center for our first orientation meeting.  Afterwards, I went with Kendall and Annalise to “Forest Gump Bar” (very Argentine…I know) where we split a $20 AR (around $5 USD) bottle of wine…I’m loving the exchange rate.  After a delicious dinner tart with my host family, I met up with some kids in my program to explore what Buenos Aires has to offer at night.  Let’s just say it is MUCH different than what we’re used to in Delaware, Ohio.

My neighborhood is absolutely beautiful; the sidewalks are lined with so many lush trees that it creates a canopy over the streets.  Today we had a city tour of Buenos Aires which was so incredible but also very exhausting.  We were able to see many different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, including Palermo, Recoleta, and Puerto Madero.

Now I’m off to take a quick “siesta” before dinner.  Missing everyone dearly! XO