hey team, im still alive.

as per usual, i have failed to update the world on my life in any sort of real time. what matters is that i am alive, and doing quite well. on october 1st, i flew to buenos aires to meet up with my high school friend, eugene, who is living and studying in the city. needless to say, i don't think it would be surprising if i ended up living in argentina at some point in my life because my weekend was that wonderful.

i got to eugene's apartment on a thursday evening (obviously after i had been up since 6, studying for an exam, taking an exam, then taking a bus to get to the airport), and so after a quick conversation about the trip and non-essential one-overs, we went out to dinner. basically, all you need to know about food in argentina is that it is kick-ass. the restuarant, although quite gringo-directed, gave us champagne immediately after stepping into the place, just to hold us over until we got a table (maybe a 5 minute wait)...always a classy sign that you have made a right decision in your dinner choice. all things considered, we left the restuarant at 2 in the morning, after eating for 4+ hours. wonderful.

on friday, we awoke to picture-perfect spring weather, with clear skies and joy filling the air. the plan was to go do some site-seeing, and while this was accomplished, i think something around 3 naps were integrated into different parts of the day. we took the metro to a different part of the city (santiagos transit dominates the system in buenos aires). the first stop was plaza san martin, and being that it was a friday with wonderful weather, obviously no one wanted to be at work and so they weren't...



after strolling through the plaza, we went over to puerto madero, a beautiful port in the city which was all the more amazing because of the weather :)





there was also randomly a ship from uruguay at the port that was in service for 100 years, but has since retired..as a ship. im not sure how that works, being that i have no experiance with anything boat related, or really fish related. what i did discover though, was i have a secret passion for ships because the little self tour made me so happy <3







eventually, we made our way over to "la casa rosada" which is basically the white house of argentina, but way cuter. (im not 100% sure if that was what they were going for, but they definitely win the prize)







after walking around the city all day, and napping at random plazas, we headed back to the apartment and eventually found the motivation to get dressed to meet up with some friends at a dinner party. it was super fun because the people at the party were from all over the world, and at some point during the night either english, spanish, french or german was being spoken. it inspired me to continue practicing my spanish, and to hopefully learn more languages. following dinner, we left for a club. fun fact: most clubs don't even open in buenos aires until 2 in the morning. repp. another fun fact: argentine men are out of control and grab at you like you are there long lost friend. it is stressful at times. last fun fact: the club played backstreet boys at one point during the night. plus one.