My last day of classes was Thursday. That night we also had our group good-bye dinner with our program director and our Chilean professors. It was then that it hit me that the trip to Chile is coming to an end. Many in our group our traveling afterwards—some are going to Machu Pichu, others to the south of Chile and others to other parts of South America. But some are heading home, which means I won’t get to see them until next semester some time. It was kind of a bittersweet final get together.
I am actually writing from our hostel in Buenos Aires, Argentina (BA). I’ve got a small group of friends I’m traveling with: Hannah, Susan and David. We just got here around 9 tonight (it’s like 1:30am local time right now). I brought my laptop with, which I was kind of nervous about, but I think it should be safe here at the hostel. We had another slight problem in the airport. We were running a little bit behind schedule and ended up missing the plane! The girls lamed David because he showed up to the bus terminal late, which made us take a later bus than we were planning on, which made us get to the airport later. Although I think we would have been late anyways because there was a really long line at the airport’s international gate anyways. By the time we got to the terminal to board the plane the lady told us that it was full and we would have to wait until the next flight. Fortunately the next flight was an hour and a half later and we didn’t have to pay anything. David and I just grabbed some food at the airport while the girls shopped. I was actually kind of glad I could eat before boarding the plane.
We landed in BA and took a taxi to our hostel. We went out and got some dinner at this pizza/pasta place at like 11:00. It was pretty good. BA is well known for having excellent food, especially beef, pizza/pasta and ethnic foods. Not sure what the plan is tomorrow but we are thinking of doing a tour of the city. I just don’t want to have to get up early! It’s really hot here and it’s humid also. I’m not complaining though—it beats the blizzard in Minnesota! There’s a lot of street noise right outside our room window, but I’m gonna try and get some sleep.
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