After all of my classes were canceled because of the student strike, I decided to go Buenos Aires, sort of on a whim, and because I found a very cheap plane ticket. It was my first trip entirely dependent upon CouchSurfing (for those who don’t know, it’s a global network of travelers and people who offer to host them in their homes for free- a great way to meet people and see their place through their eyes). I took only a backpack and spent most of the time I was there walking or biking around without many plans, trying to see, touch, taste what I could of the city.
It’s a beautiful place- the many parks and bike paths make the skyscrapers and traffic a little more tolerable, although there are some serious infrastructure problems (while I was there, a commuter train crashed and some people died). There is also an enormous inflation problem so everybody uses what’s called the blue market, buying dollars and euros because the Argentine peso is so devalued. I found the people to be friendly, interesting, and like the sort of people I’d like a lot more time to get to know. (Also, shhhhhhhhhhhh, but the food is WAY better than Chilean food). I’ll be back.
Here are some pictures:
^Delicious last meal before I hopped on the plane.
^From a bike ride I took through the nature reserve within the city.
lamps
^I liked those lamps.
^Some companions at the Museo de Bellas Artes