Spring time in the city

The cold weather has finally left and it is springtime in the city. I absolutely love it!

I moved into my new house, with my new family, last Monday. They live in Recoleta, which is arguably the nicest neighborhood in BsAs. This is the neighborhood where the 4 seasons is....Louis Vuitton, Dior etc... and the Recoleta Cemetery, where Eva Peron is buried. Let's just leave it at that... it's really nice, and really safe.

My new family is AMAZING!!! I live with a young couple... and their 6 year old son, Oli (pronounced o-lee). He's adorable, and my parents treat me really well. I'm their first student, so they're really excited about everything, including EATING DINNER WITH ME. What a concept!? So they put their son to bed, then the 3 of us eat together and just talk. It's so amazing. I have a small room, but with my own bathroom connected to it. Its so nice. I live 11 blocks from school and about 6 from the (really really nice) gym... so I can walk, instead of taking the subway! It's just beautiful!

So it's been a lot warmer lately, but it's also really humid!! Like I will walk to class, and be COVERED in sweat...like I did walking in Costa Rica. It's disgusting. I just hope that the "summer time" here isn't that humid, but I have a feeling it will be. My body just has to adjust to the heat.

I took a walk around my neighborhood last week and discovered all the amazing gardens and grassy areas that are like 2 blocks away from my house. It was fabulous! There's a little cafe on the corner, with a patio, so I can sit out, and study, while being in the sun and having trees and grass around me. It's almost like being at home, minus all the noise, Spanish and pollution around me ;)

I'm in Mendoza this weekend (the wine country, on the very western coast of Argentina) visiting an old friend, Christy Tucker. We used to do triathlons together, since we were 7. She's studying abroad in Mendoza, and timing just worked out.... It's a long story, and it will all be in my next blog... expect it by Wednesday.