Heyoo readers!
If you've been keeping up with my blog, you probably know why I'm posting this. That's right! Because I just saw my sissyy!! :)
At this very minute, I'm sitting at the kitchen table downing some coffee and homemade granola (yeah, I'm talented like that ;)). In about an hour, I leave for the bus station and a short half hour after that, I leave for Cipoletti. And from there, places such as: Cordoba, Mendoza, Cafayate, Salta and Iguazú! I believe I'm even going to cross the Brazilian border into their side of the falls :D. I only got one word for you: STOKED!
Now, onto my past adventures...
On Friday when I arrived in Buenos Aires I was sooo excited to see my sister, and yes you can probably imagine me running across the airport into her arms like in the movies. Well actually it wasn't that dramatic, but pretty close. After meeting up with her, we returned to her apartment and I met her family and settle in.
Let me tell you, for the first 48 hours or so, I don't either one of us stopped talking. Every time one of us started a story, the other would interrupt with another something to say that they were reminded of, it was intense. Anyway, on Friday we walked around her part of the city some (Recoleta) and had a delicious dinner of Sushi. The only thing left on our plate was a tentacle with sucker-things that we both decided we really didn't want to eat. That night we went and saw a movie, I tried to help her get used to staying up past 11 30pm... it was hard, I'll tell ya that. ;)
On Saturday we went to Florida (a very busy street with lots of shops and venders) and after to Puerto Madero. Not only is Puerto Madero the most expensive place to live in Buenos Aires but it's also home to Puente de la Mujer. If you've read my past blogs, I probably explained more of this. We had a nice lunch there andwalked lots, good lord am I not used to exercise of any kind... it was hard... and that is sad. These are a few pictures from there:
Now comes the disappointment... and I'm so very sorry for it. But I think the more weight I gain, the more memory loss occurs. I believe they're connected. :) (and that was totally an excuse, but it's going to have to work). I cannot for the life of me, remember what we did the rest of that day. But I am pretty sure that there might be a Blog out there with a post almost just like this one.... hmm... go here:
maliaatdartmouth.blogspot.com
And it's just as well, I don't actually have all the time in the world right now.
On Easter Sunday, we headed off to Palermo Woods. On the way there, a parade of horse drawn carriages and riders came down one of the main streets in the city. I mean, 100's of them! We had no idea what was going on, but I'm sure it was some sort of procession for the special day. Here's a picture:
After that we walked to the part of the park where there is supposed to be over 1000 types of roses, it was sooo beautiful!
Then being us, we rented one of those boat things with the pedals like a bike? You know, you pedal and it propels you or whatever. Anyway:
That night, we went to see the Broadway show of La Bella y La Bestia... or, Beauty and the Beast. Being Argentina and all, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. But I'll tell you something, it definitely impressed me! and Malia I think! The set was incredible, the actors were good and the big number songs were very well done! All in all, we were very happy to have seen it.
Uh oh... I must have just gained a pound because I'm having trouble remembering what we did on Monday. Omg seriously? I'm going to have to get back with you guys on that one... I'm a little stressed right now too, trying to leave and all that. That's gonna be my other excuse. But I know that that night we went out to a really nice Indian food place and it was very satisfying indeed! Picture:
Anyway, on Tuesday we did some shopping and went to a climbing gym in the city that Malia wanted to look at. I watched her climb... i know, how lame. But I'm a fatty now, so I have the right to be lazy like that. Also because there were like a ton of mighty attractive pro men in there I might add, and I wasn't about to look like a drowning spider trying to climb a wall. :)
For dinner that night, we decided to make her family a traditional New Mexican meal. I brought the dried posole mom sent me and we found beans and taco shells in the international section of a store. I also had some packaged green chile and red powder for red chile enchilada sauce. Since we wanted to make sure they would actually eat something of it, we put everything separately and let them make their own tacos with chicken and other condiments. They loved it! And we were so happy! :D Then it was time to say goodbye :(.
At 11pm that night, I caught a flight back to Comodoro.
I've been here for less than 48 hours and I'm leaving very very soon so I must say goodbye! But be sure to check back around the end of April for a extremely long blog I'm sure! :)
Until then everyone!!!
Chauuuu <3
