Beautiful Buenos Aires
Third day in Argentina, and I love it! Everything is very, very different here, but let me give you a glimpse of what I've been through since liftoff...
(check out downtown Toronto! What a sweet pic!)
Before anything, this is the email I sent to my fellow CEEDers a couple of days beforehand...
Hey y'all,
It's so good to hear from those of you already on your CEEDs - WOOT WOOT! It just hasn't registered in my mind that I'll be in your shoes in 3 days... only 3 days!!
Here's my contact:
Email: xxx
MSN: xxx
Skype: xxx
I'm just scared I won't get picked up from the airport 'cause Argentina's got their LDS this weekend... yikes. Just putting all my faith in those general members that aren't going...
Anyway, I like random updates! I'll let you guys know if I get stranded at the airport or not...
See you!
Irene
From the airport, we went for breakfast at one of the oldest cafés in Argentina - Café Tortoni - opened in 1806. It was soooo beautiful inside - it was like eating inside a museum! But not only was it awesome, it was an ok price... $3 for coffee, and 2 Argentine croissants (smaller, cuter, and glazed with sweetness!) in a very beautiful cafe...
Later on Nicolas dropped me off with another alumnus - Luciano, a past MC VP ER - and he gave me the most explicit tour of downtown! I don't think I've ever learned so much history and politics in a day! I also got to meet his wonderful family as well, some which came from Italy, and some from another town in Argentina. I could not believe how hospitable they were! I am so glad I got to try Asados (bbq - Argentines' most important type of meal) on my first day for lunch. Argentines eat lots and lots of meat - especially cow meat, and they have every part of the cow. So in stead of assuming that pastries and stuff have chicken in it like we do, it's beef! We went to this beautiful restaurant called La Estacion (the parking lot) - the restaurant definitely doesn't deserve the name it has...
After that it was all touring, being a tourist, café... their coffees don't come in the huge North American cups we get... they're in the most darling expresso cups! And last stop of the day was a very Bohemian street that really never ends with tons of vendors lined up on both sides selling all handmade stuff... perfect place to go for souvenirs before leaving this lovely place...
Nicolas then picked us up to drop me off at the trainees' apartment where I'm staying at the moment... still not sure where I'm staying yet! Pity 'cause I'm really looking forward to cooking... and I can't 'cause I may be moving any time. But I think the trainees are really, really awesome! Take a load of this, 1 of the 3 girls here is an old AIESEC member from McGill who got here only 2.5 months ago! Also a good friend of Erika as well - dude, it's such a small world. The other two are from Bulgaria and Germany. So awesome 'cause they're just like a little family :) And check this out, this is their "hand wall" ;)
Yesterday I got to check out the AIESEC office and have my first Micky Dees meal! Breakfast, which I hate usually, was really good! Our English muffins taste like rubber, but here they have this really thing toasted bread with whatever ham and cheese you want... so good!!! But MD prices are almost the same here... almost $5 a meal...
I also had another Argentine kind of food called "Empanadas" which is like pizza pocket things with UNprocessed meat and eggs in it... 1 empanada is 2 pesos, and 2 really fill me up - that's dinner for $1.33 Canadian, kids. I love this place!! The pastries are .60 pesos too, so that's 20 cents Canadian, for dessert...
Such a long post, but it's sooo sooo good!! :P Let's just go on a little more since, if you've come to this point, a little more wouldn't hurt.
Randoms:
- Got a total SHOCK when I found out they don't recycle plastic - I buy a 1.5 litre bottled water everyday... I really wish I bought a self filtering bottle before I left :'(
- In Toronto, no one understands why I act like I own the roads - it's pedestrians first, guys. Here, it's cars > EVERYTHING ELSE. I nearly got killed 2 times already...
- So I can't speak Spanish at all, and no one speaks English here (so far), besides the AIESECers I've met so far. I think that's enough said.
That's it for now...
See yall soon!
Irene
posted by Irene @ 12:39:00 PM
1 Comments:
good luck on your adventure!!! and don´t worry, the spanish will come (believe me, i understand ;D) keep posting pictures!
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