Hello, welcome to Buenos Aires! I don’t even know where to begin, these first two days in Argentina have just been a whirlwind of meeting people, struggling through the language, and being bombarded with and immersed in Argentine culture. After we landed on Wednesday and made it through the airport, a bus took all 100 people in my program to the Hotel Lyon, in the center of the Congresso barrio of the city. After checking into rooms, I spent the day meandering the streets with a group of new friends that were on my flight. We had canneloni for lunch, then wandered in search of cell phones “prepagadas” so we would have a means of communicating. Dinner that night was the whole crew, somehow we all fit into a restaurant!
A few of us went out that night to my first club ever!! Now, I know that it was my first night in BA but nightlife is a very important part of Argentine culture! It’s very different from going out in the US. It’s very European in the sense that the night starts around 12:30 in the morning-- how crazy! I mean, the clubs don’t really get going ‘til 3, and usually people head home around 6am!! Also, since Argentinians started drinking at a young age, by the time they’re 20 they don’t binge drink like college kids do. It’s really looked down on to get black-out drunk. I like their philosophy a lot, its so fun to just hang out at bars and meet people.
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