Good Air

Hello everyone!

As you have guessed, I made it safely to Buenos Aires. Yee! After a 28 hour bus ride from the Bolivian border, I arrived at 1am on Monday, March 1st. I slept for 6 hours at my residencia and then left immediately to pick up good friend Andy 'El Tigre' Meeks at the Ezeiza International Airport. We have collectively walked at least 200 miles on the streets of this town over the past week and a half, and have only seen a fraction of it. Buenos Aires is HUGE. Andy is a writer and an astute observer. That may seem like a non-sequitur, but the reason I say it is because I've been asking him to describe the city so far. Neither of us can do it, and although we may only know the surface, we both acknowledge that there is something special and very unique about Bs. As. We can't yet explain it, but we both feel it and really like it.

So, while exploring the city with Andy, getting ready for school, finding an apartment, and making various trips to migrations, there has been very little time to sit down at a computer. (Although plenty of time to find a park or plaza and sip on great $2.50 Mendoza wine to converse with El Tigre). This is a good thing, except for me not stopping for a moment to get on here and blog. Very soon I will settle in and wrap up my trip down with a blog post I've been thinking about since leaving the Argentine border. In the meantime, please know that I am safe and very happy. Just feeling very lucky to have this opportunity and overly excited to learn. What, a, geek!

The other Rotary Peace Fellows that I have met and the staff at my university (La Universidad del Salvador) seem to be very kind and professional. Things are looking really good, and I have my first class in 70 minutes. Here we go.....!