Time to move on

Trip Start Jun 12, 2009
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Trip End Jun 11, 2010


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Where I stayed
Margarita´s House
(Buenos Aires hotels)

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Despite all the fun that we were having it slowly became obvious to me that the time had come to move on from BA. I wondered at the start of travelling how I would come to decisions about moving on to new things, but so far the decisions have really made themselves.

By the time I had started my last week of Spanish group classes (week 5) I was reaching the point where I could take no more in. I booked another week of private 1 on 1 classes, this time in the afternoon (oh yes, finally a chance to lie in on my holiday!). These were helpful but still I became a little frustrated and I knew it was time to stop, relax and enjoy BA. So I did.

Needless to say, there were several house parties, more visits to Alamo (and some, shamefully, to a terrible "Irish" bar called the Shamrock), some very late nights and a few shamefully short daylight days Don`t ask, it`s Alex
Don`t ask, it`s Alex
 . Iīm sure I saw some element of sun every day though. I must have. As you can see from the pictures, it really was just about the parties.

On the last couple of days, I could have got out of bed to do something with my day but decided Iīd seen enough and that staying in bed was the best idea. When this happened I knew it was time to move on!

It turned out to be the last weekend for several others too... Alex, Sven, Jeremy and I were all leaving and Dan wouldnīt be far behind. So we finished it all off with one big final house party. A fitting end.

Buenos Aires: The Place
Before I left home, I was almost sure that I would fall in love with Buenos Aires and not want to leave. I really like the place, and had a great time here and met some great people, but I canīt say that I fell in love with the place.

Thereīs just a few things that it is missing... (1) Most importantly, countryside. I really missed the sight of hills/mountains, trees, grass, less/no noise... You donīt get that in BA. Even the parks are surrounded by large noisy roads. (2) No way could I adapt to the way of life, its too different to our way. And in many ways it just doesnīt make sense! And (3) the same variety of food just doesnīt exist. You certainly canīt get a good curry or chinese!

I will certainly return to Buenos Aires this trip, but to live for a long period of time. I donīt think I could.
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