Argentine Living

On Wednesday afternoon, I left Logan Airport and after a brief layover in Dallas, I arrived in Buenos Aires at like 10 o'clock their time, which would have been 7 o'clock our time. The flight was really long, and I tried to sleep during the last leg of the trip, but unfortunately I was only able to be asleep for about 2 hours. 

After arriving at EZE, the Argentine Airport, I met up with a lot of the students participating in this CIEE program and we took a bus to Hotel Lyon, a hotel in the middle of Buenos Aires. Although it was very hot and muggy, I welcomed this change from bitter cold temperatures in Massachusetts. The hotel was great and I took a few pictures which I'll post. Speaking constantly in Spanish has turned into a challenge, but I'm taking it one day at a time. Hopefully, I'll be able to catch on quickly. The first night the whole group of us CIEE students went to eat at a restaurant together. The food was amazing and it was a great time. That night, I went to bed early, but it turned out to be difficult to sleep because of the hot weather. (There was an air conditioner in the room, but we couldnt figure out how to turn it on.)

The next day, we headed to FLACSO which is the center of the program. We learned about the plan for orientation and how housing and travel worked in the city.

That afternoon, I walked around the city with a couple of people from the program. We ended up seeing a lot of the city and the weather was turning cooler so it was nice to walk around. Once again, I ended up going to bed pretty early, but this time we figured out how to turn on the air conditioning so it was nice and cool.

This morning I met my host family! They are really nice and I'm really looking forward to spending this semester with them. They've been really helpful with speaking to me in Spanish and I'm really grateful. Today, we went on a tour of the the parts of Buenos Aires that have been influenced by the artists and sculptors of France, which have given Buenos Aires the title, "Paris of South America."

Hope everyone is doing good! Miss everybody! I should post again soon!

Here are my pics of the hotel. 

Outside:

Inside:

(above: reminded me of something my sister has in her room)