I'm in my bedroom in the home I'll be staying at for the next four months. Today was a long and tiring but fun and exciting day. I met a girl on my flight so when we got to the Buenos Aires airport, we stuck together and waited for the rest of the group and our guides. We were at the airport at about 8am. We sat around and waited for about 2 hours and then people started congregating and pretty soon, we had a van organized for us. The bus had 11 IES students, all of whom were being dropped off at our various homestays and dorms. We drove all around Buenos Aires for a couple of hours doing that. It was cool to see the city. It's a big city. Very loud and fast moving like any big city. I arrived at my apartment on Cordoba where my mother met me at the door. I'm on the 13th floor and just living with Haydee Filomeno. I have a nice room with my own door to the balcony. We ate lunch (fish burgers, salad, and soup), I unpacked, showered, and napped, and then we walked through the town. She showed me some of the main streets and where I can shop for basically anything. We then came back to the apartment and met her son, Juan. Senora has 3 sons, Juan is the middle and he's 30. We then walked around through the city somemore. Juan speaks very good English and so he said this would be the only day we speak English, because it's my first day. Senora is a very sweet woman and she is very happy. So far, I am having a good time and I am going to sleep so well tonight. Tomorrow we have our orientation.
