Saturday, May 31, 2014
Day 4 •• May 30
9:15am.
I'm in a car heading to ISAM! The bus ride was good. We all awoke 'round 4:30am and talked for about an hour. Breakfast was served at 8:15. We arrived at the bus station at 9.
5:30pm
I'm sitting in my dorm room as I type. Unfortunately, no wifi. My roommates are Lucia and Pauline. They're quite nice. Thankfully, Sarah is right down the hall. It's been hard attempting to communicate. I can't wait for our Spanish lessons to start. After lunch (hispanic version of cafeteria food) Sarah and I went to the Music Building to jam with Kevin, a international student to SVA .... and it just started pouring. And thundering. Delightful. Anyhow, we hung out there for a while. The others joined us later. Got the wifi password, and was able to Skype home. Took a shower a few minutes ago and now I'm waiting until supper, which is at 6:30.
10:00
At vespers we were made to introduce ourselves and answer questions. Someone asked Sarah and I if we had boyfriends. Awkward. But it got worse. We were then made to stand out in the foyer and greet everyone ... in the traditional Argentinian greetings. Which means a kiss on either cheek. Guys and girls. Delightful.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Day 3 •• May 29
9am
So, we girls were supposed to be up by 7am so we could be downstairs with our bags by 8. However, my alarm didn't go off (new watch) so we girls awoke to Sofia crying. I checked my watch and it was 7:51am. Oh gosh. Ran around the room packing up and washing up. Got downstairs to find that the bus was late. Delightful.
8:45pm
On the sleeper bus heading to ISAM. Today was good. Went to the Catholic school and visited with the 16 year old class. They practiced their English and we practiced our Spanish. Ate breakfast there, too. Afterwards, we toured Buenos Aires until 7pm. Bought souvenirs, lunch and last minutes stuff. Returned to the hotel, loaded our bags onto a bus which took us to the station for the sleeper buses. After waiting for 15 minutes, we loaded the bus. It's quite nice!
10:30
Dinner was surprisingly good. Much better than airplane meals. But I'm falling asleep as I type. Night!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Day 2 •• May 28
(Time is in GMT)
2:48am
We're on our last flight. In Lima, Peru we had our first "real" security check. Now we're an hour or so away from Buenos Aires. Hopefully the hotel will let us check in. If not, then we're going to have quite an interesting night / day.
4:30
Touched down in Buenos Aries. From the plane you can see lights everywhere! If all goes well, we'll collect our luggage and check into our hotel. However, I have a feeling it might not be that simple.
6:00
I was correct. Right now we're chilling around our luggage as Uncle Andy tries to figure out a way to get us to our hotel. Somehow, the transportation that ISAM arranged for us didn't work out. Thankfully, there's pretty good wifi, so we're able to contact home.
9:00
We're at the hotel. Finally. But we can't go to our rooms. So we've been chilling / sleeping in the lobby while we wait.
1pm
Bought breakfast and toured Buenos Aires for a few hours while we waited for our rooms to be ready. I'm exhausted. I feel like a zombie ... and probably look like one.
2:00
We're in our rooms, finally. Sarah and I are getting ready to go out with Uncle Andy to buy lunch.
11pm
Grabbed lunch at Panda Express ... but something didn't agree with my stomach. :/ Took a 3 hour nap, then went out night shopping. Compared prices, ran around the mall, got lost in an empty art gallery with Sarah and River, and ended up running down an up escalator. Between Sarah and I, we found that we could successfully order Subway and Burger King food in Spanish!
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