The Beginning

Feburary 2, 2008- 1842 Quesada, Buenos Aires

Bienvenidos! I am sitting here writing this from Buenos Aires, Argentina in my host family's house. I have now officially been in BA for twoish days and I love it!! The flight to get here was crazy long... and we sat on the plane for about an hour before we even left but eventually we made it. We had a layover in Chile and the mountains there are amazing. I can't wait to go back and see more of them! But anyways then we made it to BA and it is definitley a very beautiful city. Pepperdine has a house called the Casa so once we got into the city we went to the Casa where we ate an authentic Argentine BBQ. Our Casa is awesome... we have a pool and everything. :) Anyways, then we had a little meeting type thing and then it was time to go to my host family's house and they are also amazing! Both my parents are doctors and I have two brothers (one that I haven't met yet) but the other lives here in the house. My brother Hugo's girlfriend also lives here and there are three other students living in the house. One is from Brazil and is learning Spanish also (she speaks Portuguese) and the other two are from the states. My dad is also fluent in Italian and my brother's girlfriend speaks French so we can get a lot of languages going at dinner. Haha. Anyways, we took a bus tour of the city today and began to see the city and all the places that we will be going to. I would have to say I am excited to spend time in La Boca where every building is brightly colored, and there is a lot of tango dancing but more importantly futbol! Anyways, there isn't much else to write right now but I think some pictures will be coming soon!