My First Day

I have no sense of time but i'll try to recalculate my first hours in Argentina. It started at the airport which wasnt as hectic as I thought it would be since I met a girl named Sierra in the Houston airport terminal who I met up with after we landed in Buenos Aires. We helped each other naviagate our way through the airpor, baggage claim, and customs, until we saw a woman holding a CEA sign. I felt like I should start speaking Spanish, but didnt know when to start....I went through customs and the money exchange place without using any Spanish, it was weird.

Anyway, we met up with the rest of our group that was on the flight and exchanged names, hometowns, etc. Next, I was in a van with Micah, Anna, and Mona to our residencia in Palermo. Anna is my roommate who I share a quad with and we have a little balcony too. Its cute. We got to our residence, unpacked and went to search for food with other girls on our floor. We sat down at a restaurant on Santa Fe Ave. It has a lot of little stores that sell cheap things and food. The streets are'nt very well paved or maintained by the way, I tripped like 3 times. And there are dogs and dog poop everywhere, and people drive really recklessly...supposedly the 2nd biggest cause of death is getting hit by a car here.

Maybe its just that I havent been around the city yet, but its not as Cosmopolitan/European as its made out to be. and no one really dresses that differently. Atleast I havent noticed any of that which I read soo many articles on. I ordered a little pizza for lunch and water sin gas. All the drinks come in glass bottles with like old school labels for coke and sodas. Then for dinner me and Anna went to La nina de oro, a restaurant which is like 2 blocks away. We ordered a hamburger and fries. It was different tasting, not bad though. Then we went to bed when we got home. The rest of the girls all went out but me and Anna stayed in. I felt kinda out of the loop but whatev, I was tired. Here are some pictures of my room and my view...