Hola Everyone!!!

Well welcome to my first blog all the way from South America!!!! I have been in Buenos Aires, Argentina for almost a week now. And what an amazing place!!! I´m having a ball =) Let´s see......what have I been up to......

It took me a couple of days to go here as my flight was a bit all over the place and we had to stay a night in Auckland. I met a fellow aussie on the plane, Andrew from Canberra, who was doing the same thing as me and so I already had a friend. We arrived last Wednesday morning, jetlagged and bleary eyed, to a bustling metropolis!! It was a bit overwhelming at first but the energy of Buenos Aires is quite catching. After catching up on sleep for a day or so, I checked out my Spanish school where I´d be studying and then had a walk around the city with Andrew. We checked out the busy and touristy Florida Ave and then bumped into a protest by the ´Pink House´(argentina´s own version of the white house).

Friday I went to my school for a Choripan BBQ and met some of the people studying there. Everyone´s really lovely!!! Marcia (a girl from school) and I went and had a tango class in the arvo which was lots of fun and not too hard!! Saturday was a very busy day, spent sightseeing around one of the main streets here Ave de Mayo (it has all the important parliament buildings on it) and then Puerto Madero, the local port, which wasn´t all that nice but good to see! We all went out Sat night for a late dinner and then to a club in the wee hours of the morning. Good fun =)

On Sunday Marcia and I had a look around San Telmo, the artistic suburb that have great markets on a Sunday (See picture of street above). That night I went out with the boys and we checked out a soccer game between La Bocca (the big local tem here) and someone else.....can´t remember which. What an adventure that was!! The streets getting into the stadium were packed with revellers and police blocks. We came across these super elite riot police on huge motorcycles wearing balaclava´s and carrying battons - they were definitely above the law and very scary! But there was no trouble and the game was excellent. The atmosphere was amazing!

I started Spanish classes yesterday and so far so good. We´re doing 4 hrs a day and have started picking up a bit already. They really don´t speak english here at all so it is very necessary!!!

Overall, i´m having such an amazing adventure already. Buenos Aires is such an amazing city, its very European but still with that earthy latin american feel. It never sleeps and there´s always something to do! The people here are really warm and helpful. Its a really interesting place =)

Anyway i´m off to do a Tango class and so until next time, Hasta Luego!

xoxoxoxoxo