buenos aires
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010i left Alta Gracia on Sunday and went to Cordoba, where i took a train to Rosario. was in Rosario for 3 days, where i went running by the water and explored the city center with the Monument of the Flag and the famous street Las Oroños. today i took a bus to Buenos Aires. i am staying with a friend of a friend in Palermo, in the center of the city. this is a very young neighborhood with a lot of bars and good restaurants, known as Viejo Palermo. i am very lucky to be able to stay here with good people. from the bus terminal i took the subway to get here, it reminded me of NYC and made me very happy. we cooked a dinner of homemade raviolis, salad, garlic bread and cabernet sauvignon. tomorrow morning is game 2 for Argentina of Mundial, the world cup. it is huge here, the streets are silent when the game is going on, and then after everyone rushes to work. i will wear my Argentina soccer jersey again, and Fred Murdock will watch with me too. i am staying with Amy and her boyfriend Bruno now. Amy is from Clarence, and her boyfriend is from Buenos Aires. they met in Costa Rica, but 8 months Amy has been living and working here. tomorrow after the game i will explore the rose garden of Palermo and the park across the way, then go to the Plaza de Mayo (where the women still protest for their missing children from the Dirty War) and Puerto Madero, maybe have time to see Avenida Florida and Galerios Pacificos. there is so much to see here, so many different neighborhoods to explore and only 4 days! on Sunday night i will catch my flight to Toronto and within a week and half i will be working again in Chautauqua. it is very hard to believe all of this. i am not looking forward to talking in English all the time, i have very much enjoyed my year of Spanish. though with Al we will talk in Spanish through emails and on skype. other than Al i have 2 friends that also speak Spanish, so i will have some opportunities to practice the language, but i will be teaching in English and with my family and most of my friends talking in English. Amy does not speak much Spanish, and her boyfriend does, so with her i am talking English and with her boyfriend Spanish, so it is good middle ground practicing for now, until the real shock of being home again after being away for 10 months. please have patience with me as i do not know how i will adjust to this big change.
¿como andan? ¿todo bien? nos vemos dentro de un rato. cuidense.
un beso,
Annie
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