Christmas Eve 2007

Spent a wonderful Christmas Eve at my mom's in Holland. It was great, we exchanged some gifts and spent she prepared a delicious Christmas dinner- Organic beef rollade, potatoes, and brussel sprouts with steamed pears. A typically dutch meal!!

time to go back to work

Today I go back to NY to get back to work. My time down here in Buenos Aires always goes so fast. Steffen left to go back to the states on Saturday and i have had the place to myself. I love it!! I. YAY! The apartment gets a lot of sunlight and so it's very cheery and is located in a great neighborhood. I am sad to leave today.

I spent the weekend with a group of friends I haven't seen in a while. We went and hung out by the river on Saturday, ate at my friend Nahuel's house that night and then went out until 6am. Then on Sunday we all met up at 12pm and went to Tigre to spend the day on the dock and at a little summer cottage along the Delta. A very very fun weekend!!

My new apartment

So today I moved in to my new apartment. Well, actually I got the keys and I'm sleeping here but I don't have any of my stuff here yet. It's very exciting and I have my own room in a two bedroom apartment in the heart of Buenos Aires that I share with my friend Steffen. It's a great little place in an old French style building that dates back about 80 years. The last few months of living as a gypsy down here while waiting for this place to become available have been tiring and I'm ready to unpack and organize my things... get some order back into my life. I'll be down here another 4 or 5 days and then it's back to work for the holidays. It is so nice and warm down here, the snowy "wintry mix" they have been fore-spelling in NY is not appealing to me at all.

Ok, I'm tired.. going to sleep. Hope my new bed is comfortable!

Venice

Had a great time in Venice! I had a two day layover there which was great, it gave me a chance to relax a little and still go see the city. The weather was not so great, it was soooo cold and damp of course but the city was enchanting all the same. That's a place I would love to visit over and over.

After my Venice trip I did a two day domestic trip, nothing exciting but it was a nice break from the international crowds and the all night flying I always do.

Yesterday my friend Anne and I drove upstate and hit the outlets to do a little Christmas shopping, and of course I got presents for myself- a girl can never have too many nice bags ; )

So today I am trying to get all my stuff together and get out to the airport to fly down to Buenos Aires tonight. I move into my new apartment on the 14th of december. Exciting! And I'm looking forward to the nice warm weather.

gotta run... ciao