Today officially marks the end of my first week in Buenos Aires. I’ve learned quite a bit about the city in the past seven days: I can now navigate with relative ease using the colectivos (buses) and el subte (the metro). I spent the first couple of days going through a fairly intensive orientation period, [...]
Entries from 02/26/2012
Bienvenido a Buenos Aires
02/20/2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The last 36 hours have been an absolute whirlwind. I flew out of JFK international at 9:35 last night, and touched down in Buenos Aires at 9:30 this morning (BA time is 2 hours ahead of New York). I took a cab through the stiflingly hot morning air to my host mother’s apartment in the [...]
Approaching Departure
02/10/2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
My adventure in Argentina begins in a little over a week, but it still feels so far away. After two and a half months of winter break, I’ve gotten so used to being vaguely excited about this big trip that lay in my distant future that I just can’t shake the feeling of it being [...]