How long has it been since I wrote? We have both been so busy sitting in on classes that we are not signed up for that our days are running together. We have Saturday, Sunday, and Monday free but it seems like we have so much to do that I can’t sit down and write. Today we went on an excursion to La Plata. It is about 1 hour to the south of BA. It is the provincial capital of Buenos Aries Province. The city of Buenos Aries is the federal capital. While this town was planned from the ground up [View Full Entry]

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Today is the day! I have asked Kevin to take me to the hospital. He has selected the Hospital Municipal Juan Fernandez but I hope you won’t mind me just referring to it as Hospital de Hillary. We met at 9AM in the entrance courtyard. It would have been impossible to meet inside as the minute you stepped inside the door the crowd was overwhelming. We proceeded through a maze of hallways to a little window downstairs somewhat removed from the crush of humanity. The lady behind the window told Kevin that we need to go upstairs by the entrance and [View Full Entry]

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Oh boy…school starts today. And at such a reasonable hour. My first class is at 11:30. Kazuko does not have her class til 2PM today. Somebody turn off that stinking alarm clock and let me go back to sleep. Coughing still a all night problem. Lets see…learn everybody’s name and draw a picture of the world. I failed miserably on both counts. Geographie one is harder than I thought. I forgot Australia completely. I guess I better read up. And no one would play with me at recess. It has to get better. I am sitting in on Kazuko’s movie class. [View Full Entry]

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Is this Monday already. Day three in country and still trying to overcome the cough, cold and jet lag. At least we could sleep in this morning. We don’t need to be anywhere til 2:30 this afternoon. I think I will go back to bed. Now it is time to check out our subway skills here in Buenos Aries. We have a pass for about 60 trips so that should last a few days. We can add money to the pass by just holding it up to the window at the station and giving them however much we want to add [View Full Entry]

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Out of bed at 7, breakfast at 8 and met our escort at 9. We are off to our apartment for the next three months. We are so anxious. It is closer to downtown than all but two of the others in a barrio (district) called Ricoleta. Met our landlord and rental agency rep. They showed us the place and between them and the rep from the agency that brought us down here, signed the papers. I guess technically we are responsible for every thing but all the papers were in Spanish and my pokito Spanish couldn’t get through the first [View Full Entry]

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Arrived at 8 am September 14 after a loooong sleepless night. Kazuko had an isle seat in the middle section with no one in the center and I moved quickly to grab an empty 3 seat middle section. Little good it did though since this cough I have developed kept me awake. Bottom line…both of us were tired puppies upon arrival at Ezeiza airport. I should mention that the only good thing I remember about the flight is this one flight attendant. His smile was so infectious that I felt better every time he came by. He just didn’t come by [View Full Entry]

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