I feel old!

Cada semana quiero regresar a la casa a 3 o 4 de la madrugada. Por cierto esto es tarde por la mayoría de los estadounidense y casi normal para nueva york, pues en Buenos aires es súper temprano! Ellos bailan a las 6 o 7 o mas tarde en la mañana. Tal vez un día tomaré un redbull y seré un muchacho real.

Why Pizza..

It probably seems pretty random that I had the best Pizza in my life in Argentina, but it isn't!

Over the past hundred or so years there has been a large influx of Italian people into Argentina, and surprise, surprise, I'm pretty sure it has more italians than the US. A few of the national dishes in the country are gnocchi, and pizza (fugazzi especially). Also interesting they have a really good ceviche, and a mean piece of steak.

Super good food here

Pizza!

I think I had the best pizza of my life today. Two slices of la fugazza from el cuartito pizza shop. This place is famous in Buenos Aires for having one of the best slices in town. Each one looked like this:

The fugazza slice is comprised of mozzarella cheese, white onion, and bread. Basically it was a fluffy piece of focaccia with tons of cheese and onion.. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I bought the slices and a liter of pepsi, went to a local park, stuffed my face, and finally tanned for a few hours.. a good afternoon!

Architecture!

There is an interesting mix of new and old architecture everywhere:

Very welcoming country..

Just kidding for the most part everyone has been super friendly!

Arriving to Buenos Aires

Today was interesting..

I originally thought I was arriving at the Jorge Newbery airport, which is conveniently located within 2 miles of my hostel. When I arrived in Buenos Aires, I quickly realized that I was not in fact at that airport, but rather at the I was the cities other airport, which is roughly 20 miles away.

So after getting my bearings, I decided I would take the colectivo (public bus) into Buenos Aires for roughly 50 cents USD instead of paying ~35 USD for a cab. At first, I was very excited about my street savvy--I was taking the local's bus.

Ok so this did NOT turn out to be easy. Basically there are about 140 bus lines in Buenos Aires, which are not well marked. After an hour of watching buses go by at the airport, I figured out which one was my line, and proceeded to take it for 2 hours into the center of town. This was pretty awesome as I got to see many of the different poorer barrios as well as the beautiful city center all from one convenient seat. I got to see the development from rural setting to urban metropolis through the bus system.

Fun fact: the buses don't make complete stops for patrons wanting to get off. This makes them fun because they go faster, and exiting like a game show where contestants try not to get killed.

To make a long story short, after 5 hours and a visit to the wrong hostel I got to my temporary home. A cab would have taken 40 minutes--totally worth it.

As promised, here is a picture from the plane of me flying over the andes.

Chile!

I just landed in Chile, the weather is warm, and I have free wifi. All is right with the world. I will post later today with pictures of the Andes!

--Chase

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Hi all!

I am writing from the airport in Boston where I begin my trip down south.. way down south. I start my adventures in the lone star state, where I will stay for a few days, and afterwards, I will continue on to Buenos Aires Argentina, which will be my home base for the next three months! Keep in touch, and I will talk to you all soon!

Best,

Chase