One Week In

Hello all!

So we made it Argentina safe and sound. We arrived bright and early at 7am and took a cab downtown Buenos Aires to search for a hostel. What a busy city was my first thought!
We checked in to a hostel called Milhouse which is known down here as a party place. We were excited and definitely ready for a party. Later we discovered that it wasn't the kind of party we wanted. The hostel held around 200 people and the common area seemed to fit only 50. It was smokey, crowed, and not as friendly as we expected!

Instead of staying in the crowded hostel we took our adventure outside. There is a famous street in Buenos Aires called Flordia which is just for walking and has a crazy amount of vendors. Only a few steps in Shane noticed that our backpack had been unzipped... This street is also known for its thieves! Luckily we didn't loose anything and spent a couple of hours strolling down the street and browsing at the goodies (since we're on a budget!). When we got back to the hostel we just chilled in the room and played some guitar... away from the so called "party".

The next day we packed up our big backpacks and headed up to a little area of Buenos Aires called Palermo. It was a breath of fresh air... literally! The streets and the air was so much cleaner! We checked into another hostel called BAIT hostel which is where we are still residing today. It's very small, holding probably around 20 people. This time we're staying in a dorm room with 4 other people. The people in the hostel feel almost like family members now!
I'm starting to loose track of the days of the week so I can't remember the exact days we did certain things.

We went to the zoo one day. I can't remember which day, but it was really fun. It was also super hot out! When we got here the weather was beautiful and sunny!

Over the weekend we celebrated my birthday. It was proba bly the best birthday I've ever experienced and one I'll definitely not forget! In the morning Shane and I joined two of our friends on a little trip outside the city called Tigre. When we got there, we strolled down the boardwalk trying to find a boat to take us out on the river. It took us a really long time but we eventually found one! It was really nice!

When we got back to the hostel, everyone got together for a party. Our new friend Melvin made a wicked punch... with a little too much alcohol. At around midnight, we all took the party to a club called Crobar. We had a blast. We discovered how crazy the clubs are down here. They don't get busy until 3am and they stay open until hours I don't even know. We had friends crawling back to the hostel at 11am!

Over the past couple of days, Shane and I found an apartment which we move into Friday. We're debating whether or not to keep it because Shane is having a hard time finding a Taekwon-Do gym! Hopefully we can figure out everything tomorrow.

One other thing about Buenos Aires that I didn't expect is the cold weather! It is winter right now, but when we got here it was beautiful, sunny, and around 30 degrees. There was a rain storm on Monday and the temperature now feels like 10 degrees! I'm hoping that it warms up soon because I only brought one pair of jeans!

That is all for now. We will try to post more, and on the days interesting things happen so that we don't forget. It gets hard because we're really busy trying to get settled in!

Pictures will also be posted soon. We don't have very good internet right now and we can't get any posted.

Much Love!
xo