Buenos Aires: Week 2 and 3

Things I need to write about when I have a chance:
Tango night
La Plata
Weekend at Ranch-gauchos, rural school
San Isidro neighborhood day
Plaza de Mayo
Riding public transportation
Nightlife and eating out
Plans for Thanksgiving
Retiro, Puerto Madero, La Boca

Pictures from Vacation and Kruger National Park

Elephant blocking traffic

Swaziland´s rolling hills

Herd of elephants

Warthogs at the lodge

Zebras next to my room

View from top of Table Mountain

Giraffe in Kruger Park

Me and my mom in Cape Town' sunset cruise

Buenos Aires: Week 1

Hola! I am now in Buenos Aires. I just moved into my new homestay family and I am so happy. I am living with a 21 year old sister, 13 year old brother, mother, and 5 other foreign students from the U.S. and Holland. It´s an international mad house.

The weather here is lovely. It is spring time but unusually hot. I am excited to go out and see the beautiful city. I am practicing my spanish daily so hopefully it improves by the time i leave in a month.

I just returned from a week vacation with my mom in Kruger Park. We spent 4 nights in a lodge in marloth park. We met a lot of interesting people from France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium. It was really nice and relaxing. It was amazing to be so close to nature and to see so many wild animals in their natural habitat. We were lucky enough to see the famous big 5-buffalo, rhinos, lions, leopards, and elephants. We even got to see giraffe, hippos, wild dogs, zebras, kudu, bushbabies, and more more. I even got to feed zebra and kudu from my own hands!!! I will be sure to put up pictures soon. We spent two days on a safari in an open vehicle (just like the movies) and then a whole day driving to Swaziland, a neighboring country. We saw the rolling hills and beautiful scenery as we drove all across the country. It was wonderful.

I was lucky enough to here the good news about the election while at Kruger Park. I was so surprised to see the emotional reactions by people in SA. Even when I went to swaziland the man at the immigration desk congratulated me on obama´s victory. the election has a tremendous impact on my status as an american traveler. I will keep you updated on people´s reactions but so far it seems to be overwhelmingly positive in the international community. People are very excited and hopeful to see what happens next.

I will try to keep you updated while I am in BA. I am having a great time so far. Tomorrow is the first day of our classes here. Hope all is well in NYC. Please feel free to leave comments!