Welcome to Buenos Aires

Well, we have officially been exposed to life in Buenos Aires (and a few of us have seen Colonia, Uruguay, too) for the past 24 hours. I can honestly say we are enjoying every moment.

After an on-time flight (thumbs up to American Airlines) from both DC to Miami and then Miami to Buenos Aires, I arrived in the city around 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning and as you will see pictured above, I happened to walk by this lovely galleria (recognize it?), and visited a local coffee shop across the street with my fellow classmate, Keith. (Who, by the way, was randomly assigned to seat 35B - I was in 35A...I still think it's pretty crazy that I was assigned to sit next to someone I actually KNEW. )

After a day of sunning and touring historic Colonia, we are scheduled to meet with the rest of the group as our orientation takes place at 11:00 a.m.

I have a few photos to post from our trip to Uruguay and will take care of that tomorrow since it's already 3:00 a.m. and I'm in need of sleep.