Back in Buenos Aires

wow... the last week and a half has been a complete whirlwind... I'll start off where I left off which was leaving for Boston to spend the weekend at my friend Mike's place with my friend Abby .

So... the drive up to Boston will always be remembered as the gluttonous feast. Taco Bell, Dunkin' Donuts, Carvel just to name a few. Man I love rest stops.. haha. Now keep in mind that the drive up to Boton is only 240 miles... so if you don't stop every half hour for food you should be able to make it in 4.5 hours... not the case for us of course. My friend Mike lives in Marblehead, a beautiful, quaint and quite affluent town on the beach just a little north of Boston. He was super generous to let us crash in his living room and was the best host ever. We had fresh coffee every morning and breakfast in bed (or on couch should I say). Mike and I have been friends for years and it had been a couple since schedules had permitted such a visit so catching up on life, family and gossip was great!

New Year's Eve we spent at a local hole in the wall bar/Chinese Restaurant/dance club where Mike was DJ-ing in Beverly, MA. and it was lots of fun but not too crazy, just how I like it.

We left Boston on New Year's Day and drove back to NY still stuffed from a weekend of over-eating so no rest stops were made...and we made great time.

On Tuesday I worked a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil arriving there on wednesday morning. Let me tell you that maybe it's because the beautiful Buenos Aires has spoiled me but I was not impressed. In fact, I was highly dissapointed in Sao Paulo. The food was gross (over processed, bland, fatty, sooooo unhealthy) and the city was dirty and unfriendly. One of the Portugese speakers on my crew who is from Sao Paulo was kind enough to take me around the city on Wednesday afternoon after a short nap so it was like having a private tour guide. And of course it made it that much easier to take the subway and order lunch since he spoke the language. I arrived back in NY early Friday morning( having worked the all night flight back from Sao Paulo thursday night) and rushed home to unpack-repack- and head back out to the airport to catch a flight to ATL and then Buenos Aires.

So here I am... back home in BA. And I am basking in the thought that I am here for seven weeks straight ( I got that leave for the month of feb). I am planning on taking more Spanish classes and i have lots of guests coming to visit throughout the next seven weeks so I'm sure there will be lots of adventures. My foot is healed so there's no stopping me now!

thanks for all of you who posted comments!!! love hearing from everyone - just don't put any person info in them like phone numbers or addresses ( Daniela!!!!) because then I can't post them for all the world to see. I don't want any weirdos calling your grandmother here in Argentina or stopping by her house but i can't wait to see you and the baby at your grandmothers birthday party down here next month.

well.. heading downtown to do a little shopping.. besos