My time in Buenos Aires has gone by way too fast! Yes, I still have 4 weeks left but each day seems to be passing by faster than the last. I can't believe I have already been here for 2 and a half months. I have seen and done enough amazing things to last me a life time.. and yet I'm so greedy I still want more! There is so much to see and do here that everyday is an adventure. Just walking through the streets each day leaves me in awe; the trees and the building are so beautiful it brings me joy just to stare at them, and they provide just enough shade on a hot and humid day to drop the temperature a few degrees, the perfect temperature to stroll around mindlessly and just soak it all in (which I have become quite an expert in). I have also mastered the art of tomando un cafe: portenos definitly love their empanadas and mate but they also love coffee. Rather, they love the act of drinking coffee. Whether in groups or alone, portenos can make an afternoon sit down with 3 oz cups (shots) of coffee last 3 hours, or more! I have come to really enjoy this part of Argentine culture, knowing that I can take my sweet time and relax with my tiny cup of coffee for hours on end and no one will bother me. Even now, I have been sitting in El Ateneo (the theatre turned book store) for over 2 hours reading and writing and I have no plans to move any time soon. I have been enjoying many other parts of the city also. Every weekend there are many fairs sprawled throughout the city selling hand made goods and antiques. The most famous feria is San Telmo, the mile long market in the barrio of the same name, every Sunday. There is also a much smaller feria not far from my house on Saturdays and Sundays which I visit often because it has a very communal feel. While it is difficult to feel fully integrated into the city when I still barely speak any castallano, I feel like I am finally getting into the groove of things here. Not only am I finally able to understand what people are asking me on the bus (most of the time) but I can actually answer them because I know where things are! I don't know why but it is such a great feeling knowing the layout of the city like where and how far places and streets are. Flowing smoothly along with the hustle and bustle feels like I actually belong here. And at the same time the city can feel pretty hectic and you just need to get out! The other weekend I went to an Ashram/ self-sustainable farm 2 hours outside the city and just spent the day doing yoga and meditating. I enjoyed it so much I think I am going to go back this weekend to stay and volunteer. I know the next couple weeks are going to fly by and it is going to be very bitter-sweet to leave here. I have been incredibly blessed with this opportunity and I cannot wait to see where life takes me next. And as always, thanks so much to you guys for all the love and support! Nos vemos!
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Che Boludo
Hola familia!
It's hard to believe I am already done with three weeks of class! I had my first parcial (midterm) yesterday and I think it went well but it was a lot of information to cover for just 2.5 weeks. I have learned a great deal in that time, both in my class and out in the city. I'm not quite at the conversational level yet (or at all really, at this point I can ask choppy questions and recognize a few key words..) but I'm getting there! Argentine spanish is incredibly different than any other spanish in the world. And the spanish spoken in Buenos Aires specifically is a whole nother story. It is a form of spanish called Castellano and you will know they are from BA just from the way they pronounce the word. Here, the y and ll (which normally make a "yuh" sound) make a "sh" sound. Therefore calle (street) is "cashe," caballo (horse) is "cabasho," aya (there) is "asha," and so on. I remember hearing this idiosyncrasy the last time I was in the city but since my spanish was limited it was not as apparent. Now I recognize it in everything. To make things more confusing, they have entirely different names and words for things. For instance, the word here (normally aqui) is aka, and the word for you (tu) is vos and it has a its own conjugation for each verb. It was a bit confusing at first to learn this way of speech but I am beginning to get used to it... even like it! It sounds so effortless. However, I know I will run into a little bit of confusion when I travel elsewhere, but if I learn to understand the porteños of BA.. I will be able to understand anyone!
I have already done so much in this beautiful city and there is still so much left to see. I revisted a few of the places I saw last time and they were just as amazing to see a second time. I revisted the Recolleta cemetery which is where the late Evita Peron is buried and it has the most ornate tombs I have ever seen. Like houses for the dead, these marble buildings can reach up to two stories high on just a couple square meter plot. Next to the cemetery is a cultural center where we saw a show called Fuerza Bruta. The show, which was a kind of cirque de sole performance art..thing, was quite possibly the coolest show I have ever seen. I wish you all could come visit me just to see it. Earlier this week I went to study in El Ateneo, an old theatre turned into a bookstore. Ranked one of the world's most beautiful bookstores, you can sit for hours in the cafe located on the old stage drinking a coffee and marveling at the view. I feel as though I am really becoming a part of the city. We also visited El Tigre, a river town in the northernmost part of the city, this past weekend with our program and just sat in a park on one of the islands and had food and drank wine. I am having a lovely time so far! Unfortunately, it's raining today so I am just going to stay in and catch up on some work. But Sunday was the first day of Spring so we have warmer weather to look forward to! I love you guys! Chaou!
It's hard to believe I am already done with three weeks of class! I had my first parcial (midterm) yesterday and I think it went well but it was a lot of information to cover for just 2.5 weeks. I have learned a great deal in that time, both in my class and out in the city. I'm not quite at the conversational level yet (or at all really, at this point I can ask choppy questions and recognize a few key words..) but I'm getting there! Argentine spanish is incredibly different than any other spanish in the world. And the spanish spoken in Buenos Aires specifically is a whole nother story. It is a form of spanish called Castellano and you will know they are from BA just from the way they pronounce the word. Here, the y and ll (which normally make a "yuh" sound) make a "sh" sound. Therefore calle (street) is "cashe," caballo (horse) is "cabasho," aya (there) is "asha," and so on. I remember hearing this idiosyncrasy the last time I was in the city but since my spanish was limited it was not as apparent. Now I recognize it in everything. To make things more confusing, they have entirely different names and words for things. For instance, the word here (normally aqui) is aka, and the word for you (tu) is vos and it has a its own conjugation for each verb. It was a bit confusing at first to learn this way of speech but I am beginning to get used to it... even like it! It sounds so effortless. However, I know I will run into a little bit of confusion when I travel elsewhere, but if I learn to understand the porteños of BA.. I will be able to understand anyone!
I have already done so much in this beautiful city and there is still so much left to see. I revisted a few of the places I saw last time and they were just as amazing to see a second time. I revisted the Recolleta cemetery which is where the late Evita Peron is buried and it has the most ornate tombs I have ever seen. Like houses for the dead, these marble buildings can reach up to two stories high on just a couple square meter plot. Next to the cemetery is a cultural center where we saw a show called Fuerza Bruta. The show, which was a kind of cirque de sole performance art..thing, was quite possibly the coolest show I have ever seen. I wish you all could come visit me just to see it. Earlier this week I went to study in El Ateneo, an old theatre turned into a bookstore. Ranked one of the world's most beautiful bookstores, you can sit for hours in the cafe located on the old stage drinking a coffee and marveling at the view. I feel as though I am really becoming a part of the city. We also visited El Tigre, a river town in the northernmost part of the city, this past weekend with our program and just sat in a park on one of the islands and had food and drank wine. I am having a lovely time so far! Unfortunately, it's raining today so I am just going to stay in and catch up on some work. But Sunday was the first day of Spring so we have warmer weather to look forward to! I love you guys! Chaou!
Monday, September 1, 2014
3852 Miles Down!
Hola familia:)
Well it took 5 weeks and countless hours on buses to get here but we finally made it to Buenos Aires! I did the calculations and we traveled roughly 3850 miles from Lima, Peru to Buenos Aires, Argentina. That's like going along the entire west coast of the states 3 times!! We had many adventures.. probably too many to write here but I will review just a few. After Puno we hopped an 8 hour bus for Arequipa. Arequipa has probably become one of my favorite cities and I am so glad we incorporated it into this trip. We spent a week and a half in the beautiful city which was a mix of old and new and we were lucky enough to be there as they celebrated their nearly 500th anniversay! Beautiful Spanish couble stone streets and churches with intricate facades carvedd from volcanic rock make up the historic part of the city. Three very large (and active) volcanos surround the city and so the white volcanic rock is used for many buildings, which is why they call it the white city. I would love to return to Arequipa on my next visit to Peru. Moving quickly along, Alice and I got a bus to Tacna and then crossed the border into Chile. Just crossing into Chile it was easy to see the higher level of wealth of the people and the state. We stayed in Arica for a night and then got a 12 hour bus for San Pedro de Atacama. This small city located in the middle of the desert is a big tourist destination because of Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) which, like the name suggests, looks as if you are on the moon. We rented bikes and road around the area nearly all day. We were very tired so we went to bed early and prepared for yet another bus the next day. The bus took 25 hours but we made it all the way to Valpairiso. This port city is known for its artistic past and throughout the city there are hundreds, or possibly thousands of amazing murals painted on houses and stores and abandoned buildings. While we were there, however, we had a bit of a shock when there was an earthquake! We were in a cafe when a 30 second long 6.8 earthquake hit, it felt like forever but in the end no one (that I know of) was hurt. But it shook us up a bit. After Valpairiso we had a quick stop in Santiago and quickly jumped on another bus to Mendoza and then changed buses for Buenos Aires. Going over the Andes was breath taking but I don't have much time to write about it now.. maybe in the next post:) Now we are here all settled into our host family houses (which I will also write more about later) and after several long orientation sessions we finally start classes tomorrow! Thats all I have time for for now, I love you guys!
Well it took 5 weeks and countless hours on buses to get here but we finally made it to Buenos Aires! I did the calculations and we traveled roughly 3850 miles from Lima, Peru to Buenos Aires, Argentina. That's like going along the entire west coast of the states 3 times!! We had many adventures.. probably too many to write here but I will review just a few. After Puno we hopped an 8 hour bus for Arequipa. Arequipa has probably become one of my favorite cities and I am so glad we incorporated it into this trip. We spent a week and a half in the beautiful city which was a mix of old and new and we were lucky enough to be there as they celebrated their nearly 500th anniversay! Beautiful Spanish couble stone streets and churches with intricate facades carvedd from volcanic rock make up the historic part of the city. Three very large (and active) volcanos surround the city and so the white volcanic rock is used for many buildings, which is why they call it the white city. I would love to return to Arequipa on my next visit to Peru. Moving quickly along, Alice and I got a bus to Tacna and then crossed the border into Chile. Just crossing into Chile it was easy to see the higher level of wealth of the people and the state. We stayed in Arica for a night and then got a 12 hour bus for San Pedro de Atacama. This small city located in the middle of the desert is a big tourist destination because of Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) which, like the name suggests, looks as if you are on the moon. We rented bikes and road around the area nearly all day. We were very tired so we went to bed early and prepared for yet another bus the next day. The bus took 25 hours but we made it all the way to Valpairiso. This port city is known for its artistic past and throughout the city there are hundreds, or possibly thousands of amazing murals painted on houses and stores and abandoned buildings. While we were there, however, we had a bit of a shock when there was an earthquake! We were in a cafe when a 30 second long 6.8 earthquake hit, it felt like forever but in the end no one (that I know of) was hurt. But it shook us up a bit. After Valpairiso we had a quick stop in Santiago and quickly jumped on another bus to Mendoza and then changed buses for Buenos Aires. Going over the Andes was breath taking but I don't have much time to write about it now.. maybe in the next post:) Now we are here all settled into our host family houses (which I will also write more about later) and after several long orientation sessions we finally start classes tomorrow! Thats all I have time for for now, I love you guys!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Headed South for the Winter
Buenos Dias:)
It has been a pretty quiet week, mostly migrating South on buses toward colder and colder weather. Our last day in Cusco we went to Pisac, yet another amazing site in the Sacred Valley. Derrik and I had visited Pisac on our trip to Peru during the rainy season but it was like seeing a totally different place during the dry season (winter is their dry season). It was also quite the treck with the sun beating down on us as we climbed the 1000 meter mountainside while already starting at 3000 meters! That night we caught a bus for Puno. Unfortunately, the old lady behind me was quite large and refused to let me put my seat back all the way. I tried to explain that I had paid for a full reclining seat so if she can't fit she should move but my broken spanish and her stuborness weren't going to make that happen, so I spent the next 6 hours trying to sleep straight up. We arrived in Puno at 5am so we hung out and grabbed some breakfast until we could check in to our hostal. We spent the day wondering around the tiny city of Puno located right on the banks of Lake Titicaca. Joining a boat tour of the lake, we were able to see and learn more about this beautiful place. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America and straddles the border of Peru and Bolivia. On our tour, we were able to visit the Uros islands. These islands are pretty amazing because they are artificial islands. That's right, they are all man made! Using the reeds that grow in the lake, people are able to use their roots and the shafts to build large floating islands for their family and friends. This system first began during the time of the Incans when another minority population was trying to flee persecution by the Incas. They first began by living on reed boats off the shore of Puno and eventually began building these islands. Many people still live on them too which was very cool to see. Later, the tour took us to Taquile Island, a place famous for its tradition and handicrafts. It is an interesting place because it is not the women who knit the handicrafts, but the men, and they are quite famous for it. Some of the things they knit are hats for the community. These hats are worn for a very specific purpose: to show marital status. If a person is wearing a red hat it means that they are married, but a red with white hat means that they are single. Children wear colorful hats and leaders wear colorful hats with a black one over it. While we were ther, the people of Taquile were at the end of a festival to celebrate the new year (the Andean year just began on the 1st). They had a huge performance in the plaza where the married men and women danced and played music in fancy costumes. The women wore large colorful peticoats and the men wore pants and colorful shirsts in addition to wearing their wife's braided hair attached to their heads! Its amazing to see these traditions still being practiced today. The next day we took a 6 hour day bus to Arequipa. This major city is so beautiful and likely much more wealthy than the places we have been so far. We have just been wondering through the city, eating good ceviche and shopping mostly. We might take a trip to Colca canyon, which is deeper than the Grande Canyon, or climb the active volcano Misti located right next to the city in the next couple days.. the adventure continues:)
Love you guys!
It has been a pretty quiet week, mostly migrating South on buses toward colder and colder weather. Our last day in Cusco we went to Pisac, yet another amazing site in the Sacred Valley. Derrik and I had visited Pisac on our trip to Peru during the rainy season but it was like seeing a totally different place during the dry season (winter is their dry season). It was also quite the treck with the sun beating down on us as we climbed the 1000 meter mountainside while already starting at 3000 meters! That night we caught a bus for Puno. Unfortunately, the old lady behind me was quite large and refused to let me put my seat back all the way. I tried to explain that I had paid for a full reclining seat so if she can't fit she should move but my broken spanish and her stuborness weren't going to make that happen, so I spent the next 6 hours trying to sleep straight up. We arrived in Puno at 5am so we hung out and grabbed some breakfast until we could check in to our hostal. We spent the day wondering around the tiny city of Puno located right on the banks of Lake Titicaca. Joining a boat tour of the lake, we were able to see and learn more about this beautiful place. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America and straddles the border of Peru and Bolivia. On our tour, we were able to visit the Uros islands. These islands are pretty amazing because they are artificial islands. That's right, they are all man made! Using the reeds that grow in the lake, people are able to use their roots and the shafts to build large floating islands for their family and friends. This system first began during the time of the Incans when another minority population was trying to flee persecution by the Incas. They first began by living on reed boats off the shore of Puno and eventually began building these islands. Many people still live on them too which was very cool to see. Later, the tour took us to Taquile Island, a place famous for its tradition and handicrafts. It is an interesting place because it is not the women who knit the handicrafts, but the men, and they are quite famous for it. Some of the things they knit are hats for the community. These hats are worn for a very specific purpose: to show marital status. If a person is wearing a red hat it means that they are married, but a red with white hat means that they are single. Children wear colorful hats and leaders wear colorful hats with a black one over it. While we were ther, the people of Taquile were at the end of a festival to celebrate the new year (the Andean year just began on the 1st). They had a huge performance in the plaza where the married men and women danced and played music in fancy costumes. The women wore large colorful peticoats and the men wore pants and colorful shirsts in addition to wearing their wife's braided hair attached to their heads! Its amazing to see these traditions still being practiced today. The next day we took a 6 hour day bus to Arequipa. This major city is so beautiful and likely much more wealthy than the places we have been so far. We have just been wondering through the city, eating good ceviche and shopping mostly. We might take a trip to Colca canyon, which is deeper than the Grande Canyon, or climb the active volcano Misti located right next to the city in the next couple days.. the adventure continues:)
Love you guys!
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Planes, Buses, and Police Cars
Hello lovely family,
Well it has been a week since my last blog so I will try to update you all on the adventures of the past 7 days. My first day I spent in Lima; usually I would go on to say how much I hate the capital city but this trip really allowed me to see the wonderful sights The City of Kings has to offer. The first couple nights I stayed in Barranco, the soho district of Lima. It was a beautiful area with beach access via a large staircase that scale the nearly vertical cliffs. The area was equipped with many tourist restaurants including a 19th century train car turned cafe and even a Dominos pizza. Lima was very Americanized with Radioshacks, Chilis, and Burger Kings sprawled across the modern part of the city. It was a bit quiet in my hostel in Barranco though so I switched to one in MiraFlores. This trendy and upscale part of the city had beautiful homes, a gym, and a mall built into the cliffside with all your Gucci and Prada needs. I went to an ancient site in the middle of the city that is over 1600 years old and made only from adobe bricks. Connstructed by the pre-Incans, the pyramid was built in layers every twenty years as a tribute to the shark, ruler of the sea. It was really an amazing site to see. My last two mornings in Lima I ran on the boardwalk along the coast, it was a very peaceful place and it helped me come to terms with my new life in South America. Tuesday I boarded a plane to Cusco to meet Alice and Wrenna. I have fallen in love with Cusco all over again; the sights and the people are so wonderful and welcoming. My first night we went out to eat and our waiter treated us to some free pisco sours. "For the beautiful ladies," he said, although the altitude was making them a bit stronger than usual and I had to turn down a few. The next day Alice was sick from the either some water or food she had so we spent most of the day taking care of her. Thursday she was feeling better so we went on a walking tour to Saqsaywaman and some more sacred sites higher up in the hills. It was really amazing to see the sites again but with a local guide, Erick, to tell us the history, and with such enthusiasm. Finally, yesterday we got up early and took a bus to Moray and Maras. It took about three hours to get there and it was a pretty amazing show of Incan achitecture and agricultural inovation as it was terraces used for agriculture but made into perfect spiraling circles. Unfortunately, Wrenna lost her phone in the taxi so we spent much of the day trying to get it back. Thats how we came to be in the back of a police car hunting down the taxi driver as we suspected he found it and was going to sell it. We weren't able to catch him before he headed back to Cusco to likely do just that, and although it was pretty upsetting for the both of them we continued our journey. We wanted to visit some salt flats we had heard were very cool but as we were low on money we decided to walk. It took an hour to walk through the desert like farm land, locals riding donkeys past us along the way, but we made it and the Salinas de Maras but it was worth it. A thousand pools of salt flats covered a mountain side in classic scaled fashion and it was amazing to learn that no company owned them, each family in Maras owned from 1-50 depending on their wealth and would come to harvest the salt each weekend. Walking through and past the flats, we went to Urubamba to catch a long bus back to Cusco. The day had been very long so we went to bed early and slept in this morning. Today we decided to keep it low key and just explore more of the city of Cusco. I will try to write more often to keep these shorter but there is always something to be doing! I love you guys, talk to you soon!
Well it has been a week since my last blog so I will try to update you all on the adventures of the past 7 days. My first day I spent in Lima; usually I would go on to say how much I hate the capital city but this trip really allowed me to see the wonderful sights The City of Kings has to offer. The first couple nights I stayed in Barranco, the soho district of Lima. It was a beautiful area with beach access via a large staircase that scale the nearly vertical cliffs. The area was equipped with many tourist restaurants including a 19th century train car turned cafe and even a Dominos pizza. Lima was very Americanized with Radioshacks, Chilis, and Burger Kings sprawled across the modern part of the city. It was a bit quiet in my hostel in Barranco though so I switched to one in MiraFlores. This trendy and upscale part of the city had beautiful homes, a gym, and a mall built into the cliffside with all your Gucci and Prada needs. I went to an ancient site in the middle of the city that is over 1600 years old and made only from adobe bricks. Connstructed by the pre-Incans, the pyramid was built in layers every twenty years as a tribute to the shark, ruler of the sea. It was really an amazing site to see. My last two mornings in Lima I ran on the boardwalk along the coast, it was a very peaceful place and it helped me come to terms with my new life in South America. Tuesday I boarded a plane to Cusco to meet Alice and Wrenna. I have fallen in love with Cusco all over again; the sights and the people are so wonderful and welcoming. My first night we went out to eat and our waiter treated us to some free pisco sours. "For the beautiful ladies," he said, although the altitude was making them a bit stronger than usual and I had to turn down a few. The next day Alice was sick from the either some water or food she had so we spent most of the day taking care of her. Thursday she was feeling better so we went on a walking tour to Saqsaywaman and some more sacred sites higher up in the hills. It was really amazing to see the sites again but with a local guide, Erick, to tell us the history, and with such enthusiasm. Finally, yesterday we got up early and took a bus to Moray and Maras. It took about three hours to get there and it was a pretty amazing show of Incan achitecture and agricultural inovation as it was terraces used for agriculture but made into perfect spiraling circles. Unfortunately, Wrenna lost her phone in the taxi so we spent much of the day trying to get it back. Thats how we came to be in the back of a police car hunting down the taxi driver as we suspected he found it and was going to sell it. We weren't able to catch him before he headed back to Cusco to likely do just that, and although it was pretty upsetting for the both of them we continued our journey. We wanted to visit some salt flats we had heard were very cool but as we were low on money we decided to walk. It took an hour to walk through the desert like farm land, locals riding donkeys past us along the way, but we made it and the Salinas de Maras but it was worth it. A thousand pools of salt flats covered a mountain side in classic scaled fashion and it was amazing to learn that no company owned them, each family in Maras owned from 1-50 depending on their wealth and would come to harvest the salt each weekend. Walking through and past the flats, we went to Urubamba to catch a long bus back to Cusco. The day had been very long so we went to bed early and slept in this morning. Today we decided to keep it low key and just explore more of the city of Cusco. I will try to write more often to keep these shorter but there is always something to be doing! I love you guys, talk to you soon!
Saturday, July 26, 2014
11 Hour Layovers are a Great Idea! (Not Sarcasm)
Hola familia!
It took nearly two days to get here but I am finally in Lima! I had an 11 hour layover in Fort Lauderdale yesterday between my two flights, so instead of waiting around in the airport I decided that time was the perfect opportunity to go to the beach! As soon as I stepped out of the airport the humidity hit me like a ton of bricks. And then came the heat. I was sweating in places I didn't even knew had sweat glands (who knew knees could sweat?). After I got everything settled with my bag in a locker I took the local bus to the beach. I couple mishaps and 2 hours later I was on the beautiful Ft. Lauderdale Beach. I sand was so different from California sand and the water was so blue and clear, and WARM! oh my it was so warm and nice I just waded in the water for close to an hour. Then, as it was a very touristy area, I had luch at the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant which seemed appropriate as its about as American as it gets. When I decided it was time to head back I went into a Sheraton to ask the concierge if he could call me a taxi. He must have thought I was a guest because he offered the hotel's car service instead! A very nice gentleman originally from Haiti drove me in a shiny new escalade.. and it ended up being cheaper than a taxi! It was such a great way to continue my trip. I finally landed in Lima at midnight last night and made it to the hostel. I am going to spend today in Miraflores (the upscale part of Lima) and likely leave by bus for Cusco tomorrow. I will write more there. I love you guys! Adios!
It took nearly two days to get here but I am finally in Lima! I had an 11 hour layover in Fort Lauderdale yesterday between my two flights, so instead of waiting around in the airport I decided that time was the perfect opportunity to go to the beach! As soon as I stepped out of the airport the humidity hit me like a ton of bricks. And then came the heat. I was sweating in places I didn't even knew had sweat glands (who knew knees could sweat?). After I got everything settled with my bag in a locker I took the local bus to the beach. I couple mishaps and 2 hours later I was on the beautiful Ft. Lauderdale Beach. I sand was so different from California sand and the water was so blue and clear, and WARM! oh my it was so warm and nice I just waded in the water for close to an hour. Then, as it was a very touristy area, I had luch at the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant which seemed appropriate as its about as American as it gets. When I decided it was time to head back I went into a Sheraton to ask the concierge if he could call me a taxi. He must have thought I was a guest because he offered the hotel's car service instead! A very nice gentleman originally from Haiti drove me in a shiny new escalade.. and it ended up being cheaper than a taxi! It was such a great way to continue my trip. I finally landed in Lima at midnight last night and made it to the hostel. I am going to spend today in Miraflores (the upscale part of Lima) and likely leave by bus for Cusco tomorrow. I will write more there. I love you guys! Adios!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Salta!
Hola familia!
I am not sure when the last time I posted was but I'll do a short one for now:) I had an amazing time in Buenos Aires traveling and spending new years eve! We had an amazing dinner thanks to fellow hostel stayer who made dinner for 11 of us. We ate and drank wine and at midnight we went to the roof to see the fireworks going off in the streets! A few bottles of champagne later we just stayed in and danced and had a great time. Will be one of my favorite memories of my trip and for new years. Then I met up with some other people on the service trip and we took a 24 hour bus ride to Salta! It actually wasn't that bad though, I mainly just slept and read. We got to our hostel and walked around, it's so beautiful here. It kind of reminds me of a bigger version of capasmayo in northern Peru. We went out for some drinks last night and then a good nights sleep. We had orientation with the fsd staff this morning and today were just getting adjusted, our volunteering will start Monday. Thats pretty much it for now, I will post more later. I love you all!
Adios!❤
I am not sure when the last time I posted was but I'll do a short one for now:) I had an amazing time in Buenos Aires traveling and spending new years eve! We had an amazing dinner thanks to fellow hostel stayer who made dinner for 11 of us. We ate and drank wine and at midnight we went to the roof to see the fireworks going off in the streets! A few bottles of champagne later we just stayed in and danced and had a great time. Will be one of my favorite memories of my trip and for new years. Then I met up with some other people on the service trip and we took a 24 hour bus ride to Salta! It actually wasn't that bad though, I mainly just slept and read. We got to our hostel and walked around, it's so beautiful here. It kind of reminds me of a bigger version of capasmayo in northern Peru. We went out for some drinks last night and then a good nights sleep. We had orientation with the fsd staff this morning and today were just getting adjusted, our volunteering will start Monday. Thats pretty much it for now, I will post more later. I love you all!
Adios!❤
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