Well, the past few days have been crazily overwhelming but I can most definitely say that I am in love with Buenos Aires. I have not stopped moving since I’ve gotten here, between doing miscellaneous logistical things for CIEE (the study abroad program I’m part of) to wandering aimlessly around the city, to navigating the subway system, to stumbling home at the wee hours in the morning, to taxi-ing to Plaza Serrano every night, (the only place in Palermo I’ve so far explored in terms of barhopping), to trekking in the pouring rain to a hidden yoga studio, to just completely converting everything into Spanish day in and day out. Finally tonight I’m taking it easy to collect myself and think about the past five days in the "Paris of South America," a perfect mélange of sophisticated European influence and a strong Latin American cultural mindset. A good example that gives you an idea of what I'm talking about looks at the city's enthusiastic response to Uruguay's annihilation of Paraguay in the copa Latinoamericana. As me and a few other girls casually strolled along Avenida Florida, window shopping and inspecting the knick-knacks street vendors sold on the very same sidewalk, we passed some incredibly ornate and beautiful government buildings that reminded me of the elegant Mairie de Paris. Soon after, a large, rowdy group of Argentines and Uruguayans alike came shouting down the calle, cheering and shouting about the recent game's end result. You might think that a group like that might seem a bit out of place within its grandiose surroundings, but actually, in no way does the fuerta Latin American culture clash with the European architecture that defines Buenos Aires. Solely does it all fuse together to form a richly diverse cosmopolitan city.
There's a lot to say but my computer is about to die and the charger no funciona. So I'll get back to it tomorrow.
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