If you would have asked me how Buenos Aires was going three days ago, I would have responded with an “it’s alright”. Buenos Aires is your typical big city but with horrendous sidewalks. The chip selection is nonexistent, there are probably 4 types of cereal options to choose from and people here love their carbs. I do not know how I will survive for the next five months without spicy foods but I’ve done it thus far and I can keep going.
I was traumatized on how unsafe it may be in the city with horror stories of students being robbed at gunpoint during my first 24 hours here. With that being said, for the first couple of weeks, I trusted nobody and watched youtube videos in bed. After a lecture from my host mom after bolting the front door and windows intensely, she assured me that as long as I don’t have my guard down I will be fine. There is so much to do in this city that it gets overwhelming at times. I wouldn’t say that I am homesick but I am ready for another new environment and hope to travel to Chile soon.
With time my experience here will be more positive but I am still adapting and learning every day on how things work around here. The semester has not started yet and won’t start until March 6. I have finished my Spanish Intensive Month were I learned Argentinean slag and popular terms used by the locals. I am hoping once my course with the locals begins I will be able to feel more comfortable communicating with them. For now, I need to accept the fact that it is okay not to be keen on a new environment. Now that the unbearable heat is slowly drifting away, I will be exploring more.
La Casa Rosada
Looking for Evita Perón in the Recoleta cemetery.
A piece of New York in Buenos Aires.