Down south in Argentina once again!

At last, I´m back in Buenos Aires! The flight down was a mere 10 and half hours... what a haul. But at least there´s minimal jet lag since BsAs is only 2 hours ahead of DFW (or 3 when it´s not daylight savings time in the USA). I still have yet to get up before 10:30a, though. Which is 8:30a back in Dallas! Although I don´t get to bed til at least 1 or 2a, so I´m not feeling too guilty about it. But that´s la vida porteña... life in Buenos Aires.

My new apartment is great... and the owner is really nice. She brought me over a coffee maker (even though there´s a cafe every 10 feet and I won´t be making that much of my own coffee)! It´s a good location within a few blocks of two different subway lines which is very convenient for those annoying (almost daily) protest marches that clog up the streets and back up the buses, taxis, etc. Although there´s been some Subte shutdowns as well, since the drivers are semi-striking too. The national past time, I suppose.

But my apt is within a half hour commute of the school (check out http://www.coined.com.ar/ for more info) that´s a part of the University of BsAs, or ¨La UBA¨ as it´s locally known. I´m planning to take Spanish classes there for 2 months and then check out the ¨nationally recognized school¨ at ILEE (fyi, the website is at www.ilee.com.ar). Probably one or two other schools after that, most likely in Recoleta or Palermo.

Anyway, more posts to come... later. Right now it´s a nice-n-slow Sunday afternoon (actually, it´s a holiday weekend so it´s REALLY slow today) and I´m still getting settled in and figuring out the neighborhood. It´s about a dozen blocks away from where I used to live years ago but it´s definitely a different area (in character, the traffic, etc, etc). Chau for now!