After stopping at the UAP for a couple hours to repack and get ready, Krista and I left for Buenos Aires at 12:00 am. We were prepared to just sleep the whole way there and meet up with her family at the airport around 8 am. It was really hot that day, so both of us were sweating up a storm as we walked to the bus station. I decided to leave my blanket in my room and keep my sweats in my suitcase. Our bus from Rosario had no A/C so I was just prepping for the worst. We got on the bus and found it to be quite refreshing. It was cold and it felt good. I leaned over to Krista telling her that in about 10 minutes, I'd regret leaving my sweats and would be freezing. Soon, I realized how right I was. They kept the A/C blasting the whole time. It was hard to sleep when you feel like you have hypothermia. Needless to say, we didn't sleep at all on the way.
We made it to the bus station and then got a taxi to the airport, which was pretty much on the other side of town. The taxi driver ripped us off, but I just let it go. I was way too tired to argue with him. So we sat and waited for about an hour. Grabbed breakfast and waited some more. They finally came and we got two taxis to take us to their apartment. I was so tired, I fell asleep during that ride. When we arrived at the apartment, I was blown away at how beautiful it was. It wasn't in the nicest part of town, but it was still beautiful. It was Christmas Eve, but it definitely feel like it at all. We were all tired from traveling so we all slept. I slept until 2 something in the afternoon. It was a beautiful sleep.
We made dinner that night: Haystacks. We had a couple missing components, like Fritos (used Doritos instead), black beans (we used some strange white beans) and SALSA, of course, because here in Argentina you don't eat salsa. But it was nice to have a tasty home-cooked meal. We sat around and talked until about midnight and then the fireworks went off. And by that, I mean real fireworks...until 2 am.
Sabbath just so happened to be on Christmas Day. We slept in a little bit and went to church. The pews were seriously the most comfy pews I've ever sat in. It was nice to be at a church. It was small and I definitely feel out of place, but I got the gist of what the sermon was about. We walked back to the apartment and had lunch and slept some more. Christmas was nice to be with people, but honestly it was really hard being with someone else's family. That night we went out to this cafe since the internet didn't work at the apartment. We ordered pizza and it seriously was the best pizza I've had while being here. We stayed there for awhile then went back to watch White Christmas. We were all so tired we couldn't watch it all, so we went to bed.
In the morning, we got up and went back to the airport to meet up with my family. I was excited, but still super tired from traveling and not sleeping. We got to our apartment and chilled until the afternoon. I decided to take everyone to the places I had visited in Buenos Aires before when I was with ACA minus the gaucho place.
Every day we would meet up with Krista's family and go around Buenos Aires. It was fun having a big group of two families going around the town. I was dubbed as the translator of the group. It was a bit frustrating to be the only one that spoke Spanish (along with Krista). But I was able to use a lot of my Spanish so that's good.
New Years Eve was spent with our families and Maddie and Rose. We had dinner at Krista's place and caught up with Rose and Maddie on their trip down to the South of South America. It was fun and we talked until about 10:30 pm. Rose and Maddie left to meet up with their group. Our families talked some more until it was about time for the countdown. Stefan and I walked down to the Oblisco and meet up with Maddie and Rose. We counted down to the New Year and watched fireworks go off. It was cool to be in a different country and see how they celebrate.
New Years Day was Sabbath, so we found another church to go to in Palermo. The pews weren't as comfy, but I understood more of the sermon. One pastor from the UAP came and translated for my mom and dad since they didn't understand. We tried going to that Rose garden, but it was closed. We spent the rest of the day sleeping. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner and had a wonderful meal. Stefan and I went back to apartment and watched Despicable Me. I FINALLY got to watch it and it was hilarious. It was a perfect way to ring in the New Year.
I woke up this morning ready to get back to school. So now I'm back and ready to get into the swing of things. So here's to 2011.
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