Hello!!
So it's been officially five days since I've arrived and I'm in love with Buenos Aires. Slowly but surely I'm learning to navigate the city. It's a lot bigger than it seems, but transportation's really good here.
So a little run down of the day- this morning we all took a test of "nivelacion" to determine our level of Spanish knowledge. It was harder than I thought, but luckily the level you get doesn't really affect the classes you take. After that test, I had one of the most perfect afternoons! Maureen, one of my closest friend whom I've met here, and I took a walk after we were done with Orientation for the day. We were searching for the perfect cafe to write in our journals. Well, our meandering took us to Cafe Rodry, a pizza parlor/cafe in Almagro, a nearby barrio. We went in, ordered cafe, and started chatting with our waiter. His name was Rodrigo, but he told us to call him Rodry. He was so friendly to us, told us a little about his life and how he had just moved back from Spain to live here with his gf. I mean, we were a little saddened to hear that he was taken, but he still gave us advice on where to go and things to do in the city. When we were leaving, he told us to come back many times since we'd be here for 5 months. Ok, so this encounter might sound trivial, but he is my first Argentinian friend! Plus, I've always had this romantic notion about finding a cafe where I go every week and I know the people that work work there- a little community. We'll see if we can cultivate this friendship :)
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