Hello everyone,
I sent out invitations to follow this blog on facebook and got an overwhelming response. After traveling something around 20 hours I arrived in Buenos Aires. In the Washington DC airport I was holding my breath because there were 18 people trying to get on the plane stand by. Where was I in the line of 18? I took the scary position of #15. After a lot of sweating and praying my name was called for a seat.
It turned out that I was seated next to a lady from Paraguay who didn’t speak a word of English.
Getting off of the plane was a shock in itself. I went from 30 degree weather in Colorado to 85 degrees here in South America. I grabbed my carryon bags and headed for customs and immigration. Standing in the hour and a half line to get my passport stamped I started talking to people around me. I met two super cool guys who were staying at the same hostel that I was. Adam was from New Zealand and had been working on the Colorado Ski slopes for the last three months and Tommy was from some small Celtic nation in the UK. We ordered a taxi and were off to the center of Buenos Aires.
On the short ride from the airport to the city center I could tell that I was going to love this city. It’s a mix of European architecture and Latin culture.
We checked into out hostel, secured out things and were off exploring the city. We walked 8 blocks to La Casa Rosario where Evita Paron addressed her people upon her return. Right next to the Casa Rosario is a huge cathedral. What I found interesting was at the very front of the church where Jesus Christ usually is portrayed on a cross they had a huge statue of Mary instead with a little statue of Jesus under her.
We explored the city for hours and by the end our feet were so tired we were forced to go back to the hostel. We met some girls from the UK during the day and ended up going out do dinner with them and some of their friends.
I ended the night chatting and drinking beer on a rooftop terrace under the stars in the warm air with people from Brazil, New Zealand and the UK....Man this is what living is about.
Click here to see some more pics from the day.
2 comments:
dang man. that sounds like you're going to have a great time. i can't wait to follow your adventures. i only hope to follow your footsteps in adventures someday soon.
Why am I not surprised that you made friends without even leaving the airport? Hope you're having a great time and enjoying the city (the architecture is beautiful).
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