First 48 hours

Turns out Buenos Aires is a pretty cool city. I guess I knew that coming in, but the two days I`ve had have have been good, long but good. The sun is hot but it`s perfect in the shade and there seems to always be a breeze, which is very necessary. I had a bit of time Sunday morning when I arrived beofre I could check into my hostel so I wandered around a while, thankfully the hostel held onto my bags. After a long flight with babies, strange smells, and uncomfortable seats walking around was very appealing. Although going on no sleep for 24 hours I wasn`t feeling too tired and spent a considerable amount of time peeking into old churches, perusing the Sunday morming craft fair, and people watching in the plazas. That afternoon I met up with a girl, Teagn who is also doing this Butler program. We rinsed off and I put my shoes back on to do some more exploring. Teagan is very nice and we seems to have a lot in common. We took a tour of La Casa Rosada, the equivilent of our white house...I think. I´m surprised how easily my Spanish is coming and I seem to catch what most people say; the accent however is a little Until this afternoon with the program meeting and meeting my host mum I was speaking mostly English with Teagen and a couple guys we met from New Zealand who proved to be pretty cool. We all went out of dinner last night and had a ton of laughs. We quoted a lot of Flight of the Concords but they could obviously do it better with the accents and all. Anyway, my first night in Buenos Aires was really fun, full of small adventures and a couple crazy cab rides.



Today started around 10am checking out of the hostel however we hung out in the common rooms and kicked it with the kiwis until our program meeting. 3oclock rolled around and we hauled our luggage over to the office. Nice place, though a bit cramped. There seems to be some cool kids in the program and the orientation appears to be a bit intense. We don`t have anything on the agenda tonight, so I`m sure it`ll be a quiet night. After the meeting it was time to meet my host mum. She is pretty and young. She has been nothing but nice and accommidating. I`m sure we are going to get a long great. I`m really looking forward to my semester here even though I have a fear of school, that is still a ways away though. So all n` all I have a wonder first impression of Buenos Aires and am expecting many more exciting days to come.

Until next time.....