Thinking about keeping a photo blog certainly motivated me to take more pictures than I normally would have. The trip getting here was long, but not as bad as I thought it would be. The 10 hour flight to Argentina was actually fairly pleasant, largely b/c the plane was pretty empty, so I got to spread out on two seats and (since i'm short) lay down to sleep. I got at least a solid 6 hours, almost as good as my own bed!
Here's my plane in Atlanta, about to take off to Argentina!
About 9 hours later.... I woke up in time for breakfast and a rising sun over Argentina. (those are clouds, not snow.) I think this might be my first time in the Southern Hemisphere.
I think one of the things that I was most apprehensive about was being alone in this city without really knowing the language. It certainly was awkward at first. I tried to study a few phrases in preparation, but it's amazing how easily my mind blanked when i needed to say something. In any case, I made it around the city to take a few pictures of San Martin Plaza. I had some time to kill before checking into the hotel, so I sat around the plaza/park and read for a while. First I sat under the Torres Monument to eat some snacks, reorganize my luggage and watch a few little kids chase pigeons next to the tower. When I was looking at a map, I was approached by a young man who was wearing a green vest and worked for El Ministerio de Salud Argentina (ministry of health), who asked for a donation to support children with AIDS, and I decided why not? It was nice watching him help other tourists around the square- offering directions (as he did for me) and taking pictures for people in front of the equestrian monument. Here are a the monuments from the plaza:
Top: Monument of General Jose de San Martin; Below: Torres Monument
Now that I've finally made it to the very nice apartment, I think I'll take a leisurely walk around the city, (without my luggage!)
Adios!
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing with us. I hope to see a lot of pictures.
But, who is taking care of the Chinchilla while you and Julia are on vacation?
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