After being delayed at the airport for a few hours, thanks to Sydney's
torrential rain, we finally made it into the air! The flight which was in
reality 13 hours, didn't feel too bad, except for when we landed and
realised exactly how jet lagged we would all be!
After paying our way into the country, clearing customs and somehow navigating a non - English speaking airport, we found our transfers and were bundled into various cars. Shocked by the realisation that in Argentina, they drive on the other side
of the car, and on the other side of the road, we were rapidly driven,
Argentinian style to our Student Residence. And it is huge! Beautiful
architecture and soooo many stairs! We were assigned rooms and cupboards and
begun to learn about the place we're calling home for the next few months.
Then starving as we all were, we decided to go and explore Buenos Aires,
trying to find ATM's to withdraw money, cafe's to grab something to eat and
credit to contact home. Being split up and unable to navigate half of us
wound up at a small pizza restaurant, where we were sung to by old men and
couldn't read the Spanish menu. After sort of, half ordering and chowing
down, we made it back to the residence, with a little help!
Exhausted, we all collapsed infront of the TV, numb to whatever was actually
happening. By 8pm, we'd all had it, and tried to get some sleep for whatever
the following day would bring!
Ta, Sarah
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