Arriving in Buenos Aires

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January 18th, 2008

Emily and I have arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina!  Our flight out of San Fran was delayed and we ended up having to sprint through the Atlanta airport to make it to our second flight.  We ended up making it in time and the flight got delayed so our baggage even made it too. 

First impression of Buenos Aires is that it does not look they way that I had expected.  I was expecting a modern, European-ish city, but it actually appears to be more run down and third-world-ish than I expected.  We are staying at a hostel in the Viejo Palermo neighborhood and this is actually a very nice area to walk around with lots of bars and restaurants. 

Emily and I had a traditional Argentinian feast for our first meal here.  We each had a 3 course steak lunch and a couple of beer…and got it all for about US$25 total.  So I guess it is as cheap as advertised here and the food is as good as advertised too, so it is looking like it is going to be a good trip!

More updates later this week…