After nearly a full day of traveling, I finally made it to Córdoba! My mom and Nicolás dropped me off at the airport. It was too much to say good-bye, so he decided to fall asleep instead!I need to get my phone out faster as this was supposed to be the great view of the skyline and me saying good-bye, but just take my word for it! It happened again with the amazing sunrise from the plane in the morning. It was a pink ball glowing and in seconds turned to yellow. I hope to have some better photos once I start using my nice camera. =) I had to transfer airports once I arrived in Buenos Aires this morning. We wen through the gate and boarded a shuttle bus for some first class entrance on the plane! The only other time I can remember boarding the plane directly from the tarmac was when I was in Ghana. We actually got some decent free snacks too--some crackers, a cookie and a chocolate-dipped alfajor. It's actually a lot colder here than I expected. Luckily I brought a winter coat with me, but that was supposed to be for Patagonia next week! Because of all of the different climates I'll be in over the next two weeks, I had to bring two suitcases with--one would have made it for this coming week in Mendoza, but when I'm traveling with my husband the following week we're going far south and far north. I tried to find the Museo de Memoria when I arrived, but couldn't find it. Being alone, I didn't want to bust out a map of the city and scream tourist even more! It was almost closing time anyways (and actually according to another website, it was already closed when I arrived in town). It was formerly a detention center where people were kidnapped and tortured. It's not a pleasant site, but an important one to learn about. I then bought a SIM card for my phone so that I have some kind of service and don't have to rely on wherever I can find a WiFi signal to communicate. FAIL OF THE DAY I went to the grocery store to buy some fruit to have during the day tomorrow. I was standing in line with my mandarine, orange and bananas and other snacks only to get to the register and she tells me I had to weigh the fruit in the meat department on the scale. I apologized and as I'm walking quickly back there since the cashier had everyone wait in line behind me, I hear one of the ladies in line say "how did she not know that?". Now I do! =) Tomorrow I hope to catch a bus to Alta Gracia to see the Jesuit Estancia and Che Guevara's house where he grew up. It's only an hour away and then hopefully I can make it back to see a couple museums in Córdoba before they close. It's two hours ahead of Chicago time, so I need to get some nice sleep--anything beats sleeping overnight in coach in the last row on an airplane! =) español
Creo que tengo demasiado sueño para poder traducir cada parte exactamente como me expliqué en inglés aquí, pero por fin llegué a Córdoba después de un día de estar viajando. Nicolás estaba despierto en el carro en camino a dejarme al aeropuerto, ¡hasta el momento que llegamos! Ahora hablé con él y me preguntó cuántos más días faltan. Cuando le contesté, me dijo "¡es como 100 días!" Tuve que ir al otro aeropuerto en Buenos Aires para ir a Córdoba y nos hizo abordar desde la propia pista de los aviones. La última vez que hice eso fue en Ghana. Apenas de comenzar el invierno aquí y ya está muy frío--más de lo que esperaba. El pronóstico decía unos 60oF pero se siento mucho más bajo. Menos mal que traje mi abrigo, ¡pero estaba esperando usarlo en Patagonia la otra semana! Llegué tarde en Córdoba y no pude ir al Museo de la Memoria. No creo que hay otra oportunidad, como me voy el domingo en la mañana para Mendoza. Tuve que comprar un chip para mi celular porque quisiera tener la habilidad de hacer una llamada por cualquier cosa. Estaba un poco frustrada porque mi empresa estadounidense me dijo que iba a poder hacer llamadas y textos, pero cuando llegué y no funcionó, me dijo que no hay torres para ellos aquí. Hay WiFi en varios lugares así que tengo contacto con otra gente. Mañana quisiera ir al pueblo/ciudad de Alta Gracia donde se encuentran las estancias Jesuitas y la casa de Che Guevara. Quiero regresar a Córdoba para poder ir a unos museos, si hay tiempo. Por eso necesito acostarme ya--son 2 horas adelantes aquí pero ya tengo mucho sueño. Dormir en la cama en mi hotel será bastante mejor que dormir en la silla de coach en al última fila del avión! =)
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