Safe and sound

I have arrived safe and sound. I was met at the airport by Fernando, the founder of the program that I am doing. He was very nice and welcoming- just as I had remembered the Argentine people being. He brought me to my charming little hostel in Palermo (neighborhood in Buenos Aires) where i took a nice nap to avoid jet lag. It is nice to know that i´ll be here for a while so that I don´t feel like I hve to see everything the first day!

I just had a conversation with 2 guys from my hostel -one from Chile and one from Argentina. The Argentine guy actually thought I was from Argentina because of my speaking- maybe I´m not as rusty as I thought! We just had an interesting conversation about their world views and thoughts on the US. Basically ( from what I understand ) is that we are greedy and that the fourth world war is going to be us invading South America to get their water supply. I guess this is a theory that is going around. It is sad that they feel this way but i can´t really blame them! The Chilean also said that he wouldn´t visit the US because contritbuting to our tourism would be saying that they agree with our policies and what we are doing... i love hearing people´s thougths.

It is beautiful here- it feels like autumn in Colorado. Three more days in Buenos Aires and then I head out to our 2 week orientation. I´m off to tour a Latin American modern art museum and maybe get some coffee and alfahores (delicious Argentine layered cookies- Lauren I´ll have one for you!)