Ola a todos!!

First I want to thank all you precious people that took the effort to come to my party and also give me nice and/or usefull presents and all the good wishes there on the spot and also in the books I got! It feels good that people actually care that I go away. :) Heel erg bedankt, liefjes!!

I have arrived safely in Buenos Aires after a good journey. While beeing lifted off the ground in the big aircraft, seeing the Dutch countryside covered ina thin white layer of fresh snow getting smaller and smaller, Icouldn´t help havinga big grin on my face. Something different than the tears when I had to leave my family behind after the security check. The flight to Rome seemed very short. On the airport there I spent some time shopping and eating disgusting pizza (in Italy, for crying out loud...) and then on the plain to Argentina. Too bad I ended up in the one row with no window, but it was night anyway and cloudy over Buenos Aires on arrival. No problem. I slept most of the time. Of course dinner was crap, but I didn´t care.

Bit nervous while going through my first custom service ever, having my passport stamped. Never had any problems with the one way flight, by the way. While walking out, to my relief their was actually someone with my name on a sign. When I waited for my car, I knew Buenos Aires had to be a good city, because one of the first cars passing by was a Twingo! :D

A luxurious airconditioned car brought me to my appartment. BsAs at that time was a bit cloudy with some slight rain, but I didn´t really care because it meant less hot and less of a difference to freezing temperatures at home. The sun came out eventually and made it look lovely! Indeed slightly european, like some people claim.

The apartment itself is great! Nicely done, however not yet finished. There is a bed though and the shower is finished, it has a floor,so all I need is there. They´ll finish it while I´m there. The view is stunning and goes a long way, but still not to the end of the city (wonder if there is any...) I took pics to make you all jealous, but not sure yet how to post them. So you have something to look forward to. It was quite humid, so I used the swimmingpool, took a shower and threw myself into the city life. I must say: being tired in a new, big city with a huge language barriere isa bit overwhelming. Many people don´t speak English, but I seem to manage with looking silly and using my hands.

I think I really need some sleep and give it another go tomorrow. Did some shopping, tried to arrange a language course and went into the office of the people that rent to appartment. I think that´s all for the day: I have myself a bottle of nice argentinian wine, so I guess I´ll cal it quits and see what the world has to offer me tomorrow. I must say, I feel pretty drained from energy and the spirits are not too high. So enough adventure for now... :)

Adios!