Hola! So i am at my first "locutorio" which is an internet cafe. The keyboard is different so please bear with me. Today was much better than yesterday in part becasue Mia, Sean, Ginger (from Kansas...of course we find the only other southerner to hang out with) and I skipped the afternoon sessions. They were about culture shock and basically what we had to do at ole miss which would have been boring.
Being the "rebels" that we are, we instead went to a little cafe on teh street and ate then we went and bought cell phones. They are like go phones, pay as you go. We then walked around a part of town that is really nice like by teh four seasons... everything was muy expensive there. then we found a little cafe and i had the best cafe moca of my life. muy rica. afterwards ginger and i went back to the school and took tango lessons. we did really well! i cant believe we learned as much as we did. now we jsut have to practice!
tonight we are going to go out for the first time. tonight is carnival aka mardi gras and it is a BIG deal here. we dont have school till 1130 am so that we can stay out late haha. what a great idea! they dont go out here till like midnight which is different but i think i´ll like it.
well i think its time to regresar a mi casa and take a siesta before dinner...which is never till like 915pm and then get ready to go experience my first night out in the big BA! i hope all is well with you and a big shout out to all my bachelor fans...yay Sara from TN!!!! Now someone please fill me in on what happened with o malley and meredith on grey´s anatomy! por favor! ciao amigos
Tuesday, February 28
Monday, February 27
Finally Here!
A flight to Houston and a 10 hour plane ride later, I am finally in Buenos Aires! I honestly can’t really even believe that I am actually here. It is one of those things that you tell everyone you are doing but don’t really believe it yourself until you are actually there.
The plane ride wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. One interesting thing, I was sitting in an exit row and when we took off the plastic thing that contained the “Pull in Case of Emergency” handle popped out about an inch from the door. The guy sitting next to me was like “that couldn’t be good.” The flight attendant came over and started messing with it and I was scared to death the door was just going to pop open with us at 11,000 feet. They called the pilot and he said there was no leak warning so that it would be okay but we would just be very cold. Turns out we were so they brought us some of the nice blankets from first class. After the whole door fiasco they promptly served us dinner (chicken pasta…sort of) and started the movies. I was so pumped up when I saw that they were playing Pride and Prejudice. After about 20 minutes though, I fell asleep. I slept a lot but not very well, ya know how it is on planes.
When we arrived in Buenos Aires Sean and I got sort of lost because our plane for some reason didn’t arrive at the international terminal so we were waiting around before we realized why none of the IES people were there. Eventually we found them and got on a bus to go to our houses.
I was the FIRST one off the bus. I think I am one of the people living closest to the school too. I really like the little apartment that I am living in and the woman who I am living with, Cecilia, reminds me a lot of my grandma. She talks and talks which is nice so I don’t have to speak too much at first. First of all about this apartment, when you go up the elevator it is like old school style. You open a door then slide a thing open to get in it. It could only fit like three people. The building though is very nice and our apartment small but quaint. I have my own room with a big closet type thing which is perfect. She put up some shelves by my bed so I could put books and pictures up of my friends and family. I even have my own little bathroom! We share a shower but I have my own sink and toilet which is so nice.
The plane ride wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. One interesting thing, I was sitting in an exit row and when we took off the plastic thing that contained the “Pull in Case of Emergency” handle popped out about an inch from the door. The guy sitting next to me was like “that couldn’t be good.” The flight attendant came over and started messing with it and I was scared to death the door was just going to pop open with us at 11,000 feet. They called the pilot and he said there was no leak warning so that it would be okay but we would just be very cold. Turns out we were so they brought us some of the nice blankets from first class. After the whole door fiasco they promptly served us dinner (chicken pasta…sort of) and started the movies. I was so pumped up when I saw that they were playing Pride and Prejudice. After about 20 minutes though, I fell asleep. I slept a lot but not very well, ya know how it is on planes.
When we arrived in Buenos Aires Sean and I got sort of lost because our plane for some reason didn’t arrive at the international terminal so we were waiting around before we realized why none of the IES people were there. Eventually we found them and got on a bus to go to our houses.
I was the FIRST one off the bus. I think I am one of the people living closest to the school too. I really like the little apartment that I am living in and the woman who I am living with, Cecilia, reminds me a lot of my grandma. She talks and talks which is nice so I don’t have to speak too much at first. First of all about this apartment, when you go up the elevator it is like old school style. You open a door then slide a thing open to get in it. It could only fit like three people. The building though is very nice and our apartment small but quaint. I have my own room with a big closet type thing which is perfect. She put up some shelves by my bed so I could put books and pictures up of my friends and family. I even have my own little bathroom! We share a shower but I have my own sink and toilet which is so nice.
En Route
Here I am sitting at the Houston Airport waiting out a three hour layover. The flight getting out of Austin was delayed like 45 minutes, which didn’t really matter for me since I have such a long of a layover anyway. Sean should be here in about an hour and help cure my boredom. He is insisting that we get a drink before we take off. Maybe it will help us sleep. I am so anxious I can’t read or do anything else I brought to fill my time. I am just way too excited! Okay since I’ve been here writing we have had three gate changes. I am going to just sit here till they make up their minds.
Fiesta!!!
Last night was so fun. My parents threw me a little going away fiesta. We had tons of families and friends over and just socialized and ate and drank all night long. I got to see Kate and we stayed up talking late about life and love and all that jazz. It was so fun to have so many friends over in celebration of my trip and I really realized how lucky I am to have such supportive friends and family.
Fiesta!!!
Last night was so fun. My parents threw me a little going away fiesta. We had tons of families and friends over and just socialized and ate and drank all night long. I got to see Kate and we stayed up talking late about life and love and all that jazz. It was so fun to have so many friends over in celebration of my trip and I really realized how lucky I am to have such supportive friends and family.
Thursday, February 23
Packing Stinks
So I have packed about 3/4 of my big suitcase and have the rest of my things strewn around the room. The first part of packing was fun because it was new and a challenge to fit a lot of things in there! Now though...I just wish someone else would do it for me!
I am about to go out with mom to buy some toiletries and other stuff I'll need to pack. I also want to find time to fit a mani/pedi in before I leave. Nothing says "South America here I come" like perfectly painted toes right?
I also need to find a good book before I head down there. I just read Bergdorf Blondes and it was fabulous. It is sort of a witty social comedy and a must read for all girly girls.
Tonight is Women's Figure Skating long program. Go Sasha!!! I am totally Olympics obsessed. Hopefully our Americans can pull out the gold! Enough for now...
I am about to go out with mom to buy some toiletries and other stuff I'll need to pack. I also want to find time to fit a mani/pedi in before I leave. Nothing says "South America here I come" like perfectly painted toes right?
I also need to find a good book before I head down there. I just read Bergdorf Blondes and it was fabulous. It is sort of a witty social comedy and a must read for all girly girls.
Tonight is Women's Figure Skating long program. Go Sasha!!! I am totally Olympics obsessed. Hopefully our Americans can pull out the gold! Enough for now...
Wednesday, February 15
Yay it Works
So I am just now figuring out this whole blogging thing. I figured I'd set one up incase I decide to use it in Argentina. Who knows if I will ever figure it out or even use it but I guess we'll see!
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