So last Friday morning when I arrived at La Guardia, I was hit with the harsh reality of the NY winter. Wind chill factor 20 degrees. COLD!!!!. Thankfully I remembered where my car was, it was totally snow free and started like a charm. I spent my Friday freezing around the streets of NY. I finally bought a new digital camera, sent off some packages (it was snowing at this point), paid the rent and went out to for Indian food with Peter and Abby.
On Saturday, after brunch with Meliza, I headed out to JFK for my trip to Amsterdam. Of course my first trip back after two months would not be disaster free. We landed in Amsterdam with two blocked off toilets, one due to extreme flooding and one that had been puked all over. The glamour of it all. I spent my layover at my mom's place and was spoiled with home cooked dinner, tea, cookies and lots of Dutch goodies to take back down to Buenos Aires with me. Now that is glamorous.
Luckily, my second trip to AMS was uneventful (no pukers- although I did jam the wrong key into my friend's Annette's car in Rotterdam and had the whole neighborhood out on the street trying to get it out) and I jumped on a flight back down to Atlanta and then to Buenos Aires immediately upon returning to NY.
So let me tell you about this phenomenom. So somehow in the seven days that I was gone, Buenos Aires has been invaded and taken over by swarms of mosquitos. But these aren't regular mosquitos, they're kamikazi mosquitos- with one goal only, my blood. And by the looks of it, it's only my blood they're after. These mosquitos are fearless- they swoop in at 80mph and land on you by the dozens and swatting is futile. Alan and I actually ran for our lives through Palermo park on Sunday afternoon- laughing all the way of course- but damn, I was seriously afraid!! So my new daily morning ritual will be switching my Nivea cream for OFF and lathering up in the wonderful fragrance of DEET.
I finally got around to visiting the Japanese gardens here in Buenos Aires on Sunday. It was pretty cool, with carp ponds and lots of little bridges and paths. Of course I'll use any excuse to eat sushi and the Philadelphia roll at the sushi house was really awesome.
Anna arrived on Monday and I've been continuing my Spanish classes every day for two hours in the morning and spending my afternoons lazying around. I feel justified doing nothing now because I'm working again.. ha ha, although I have to say there was not that much guilt before either.
It's back up to New York on Sunday night for 4 back to back trips. I heard the weather is mellowing out up there. Oh yeah, and Abby just e-mailed me today to tell me there was a shooting down the street from our place in NY...great.
Alan is having a get together at his apartment tonight so I need to go get ready for that. besos
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