Well I am officially in Buenos Aires, Argentina! I arrived yesterday around 5:45 in the morning. It was around 20 degrees when I landed... so hello winter! The trip had kind of a rocky start when I found out my bag was lost... but surprisingly I wasn't that worried and the lady at airport said they would deliver it to my house around 12. We waited at the airport til around 12 (until everyone had arrived) and then were taken to the University of Belgrano, where I will be going to school, and met up with our host families. My roommate Julie and I met up with Pablo ( our host brother) who is about 40 years old. We caught a taxi and then headed for our home. Matilde ( my host mom) was waiting and welcomed us in and then showed us our rooms. I get my own room and bathroom!! ay ay ay! The place where I am staying in an apartment and it's on the 5th floor in Belgrano, which is a neighborhood in Argentina. I went to bed super early yesterday because having only had about 3 hours of sleep I was dead!
6/18
Today I woke up and my luggage ARRIVED!! I was so happy I don't think my host mom knew what to do! For breakfast we had toast and coffee and then we had orientation at 10, so my roommate and I left our house to get started on the walk. It is raining here, so there aren't a lot of people on the streets, but the walk is so nice! Almost all of the streets have trees that line them and make like a tunnel, it's so pretty! We had a city tour and the city seems HUGE! I'm excited to explore! There are about 70 kids in our program, but apparently the school is supposed to have around 2,000 students who are studying abroad there! So far everything is going good. There will be pictures soon! adios!
how long is the walk to school? and how is the public transport? darlin i want some picsssss!! :)
ReplyDeletemy walk to school is about 20 minutes, but a beautiful walk! and most public transport costs about 25 cents each way, unless you take a taxi which depends on how far you're going!
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