April 26/May 13 – Argentina/USA
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Day 268/285 – After our non-stop, 48 hour journey to the airport, we spent the morning talking to every airline office in the airport. Then talking to them on the phone. And finally browsing the internet for airfares. Our research found that the compassion (bereavement) fares that airlines offer for flying home last minute for family issues is not very generous. The internet prices are just the same, or even cheaper. We couldn’t find anything under $2500usd each, which was way too much, and we needed to leave within 24 hours in order to arrive in time for the funeral. We were really bummed to find out compassion fares are not so compassionate. So, with that decision made for us, our next option was to fly straight to New York City, which was our original intention a few days earlier. The best deal we could find to New York City was leaving that same night, it was even cheaper than waiting a few days. I think it was because it was a Wednesday. Of course we bought the tickets, and spent our time wandering the airport until our flight took off in the evening.
Next thing we know, we are sitting in our friend’s apartment in New York City, with the western world all around us and spring sunshine beaming through the windows. It is really crazy, how quickly things can happen. There wasn’t much culture shock for us since we have been bouncing around from culture to culture our whole trip. I think the hard thing will be staying in one place for an extended period of time, since we have been living our vagabond lifestyle. It is definitely nice being back and having available all the food we are used to. To be in your own environment always feels fulfilling, but it is not something I was longing for when we were travelling. Though I have to admit, our first meal was my favorite comfort food, Kraft Mac & Cheese 😉
We are not ending our trip, but have it on hold right now. It is hard to tell for how long. It all depends on the outcome of the projects we need to finish, and what the future brings in the coming months. Although getting jobs seems so permanent, in order to maintain any short term living in New York we need to (this city is so damn expensive). To our amazement, the job market for architects is hot right now. That was a relief to find out, that it won’t be too hard to survive here.
As time passes I will add posts, just not as often since our experiences in New York are not quite as new and interesting as they were on the road. I am starting to put together our photos, and will be uploading them to the blog. I apologize for not having any in the past month, but our computer was on the fritz, and we only got it working right before we left Cerro Sombrero. It will take some time, but this is a good chance for us to catch up on all the photos for the blog 🙂 I am sure you are all just dying to seem them – hee hee. 😉
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