capítulo nuevo

However much i planned...this journey has started abruptly! Current time: 8pm. Dinner time: in an hour or 2. Socialization con amigas nuevas: commencing at midnight. When do they ever sleep?

The spread here is really a dream. A little apartment, beautiful traditional-modern mix of style, and lots of energy emanating from below. The first thing i got from my host mom and dad was a kiss on the cheek, from each. They are sweet sweet people who speak EXTREMELY LOUDLY to me and act everything out even to make sure i know how a tea bag works. I bet we could all get along without even speaking, our body language is so good. They loooove to hear my infant-like Spanish though, and their patience is undetectable it's so constant.

El Subte and i meet everyday--twice. Once to go to school, and once to come back. Today a tiny boy ran on crying, and i recognized him as the one from the day before who chanted and sang opera for all his riders to get some extra change. I guess this was his new act. His brother was much more shy and it broke my heart a little bit.

LISTENING to this place is the best part. The gorgeous accent, the chatty kids...i even love being constantly inundated with orientation essentials that are super important (like which taxis not to trust, how to read a map of this ENORMO city, when the subte stops running, how to get home...) and hoping i understand enough to survive. Awesomely invigorating.

Walking around here feels good. I like being alone in a big city. For a while anyway. Los porteños (Argentines) are down the business all the time--not much chilling for the sake of it. We do have tea together all day long though...that's built-in chill time i suppose.

So far, so good. Spanish is already in my thoughts. I am so spoiled, this is a dream. I literally have free reign over South America with a warm/lukewarm house to come back to whenever I want. Goal #1: learn Spanish--like really learn it. Goal #2: keep an open mind and heart to see what these Argentines are really about. One of my favorite things is looking around the Subte, trying to see what each person is thinking. i watch the people sighing, the ones reading a paper, the ones on the phone...each culture can be a different world, but somehow we all have the same beautiful human souls!! I can't wait to start school and meet some more natives. Goal #3: explore and make more goals.

Some peeps have been praying for me, this i KNOW. i can def feel it. Thank you THANK YOU, i miss everyone who sent me off here in such faith!

Ciao, besos.