Wednesday, January 7, 2009

buenos frickin' aires

It is almost 11 pm my time, so this entry might be quick. it took 20 hours of flying time and layovers to get here, which was a bummer because the only meals i had was popeyes chicken and crappy airplane food. we got to our sweet apartment in buenos aires that has a view of a tree (yay). we got to eat a lot of helado (ice cream), which argentina is apparently famous for? i basically burnt off twice the calories i consumed by walking in the sun for hours in busy streets that were filled with cigarette smoke and pubs. if i was over 18, i would be having a par-tee. As for the... spanish part of south america, i am a lot worse than i thought. my slickest one-liner was ¿Qué es esto? (what is this) to a baker, in which i got a thirty second response that had the word "lemon" in it, in which i replied "Sí! ...delicioso..." I'll post again when i get to uruguay in a couple of days.
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20 comments:

  1. starrise57January 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    hahaha!! you so are made of awesome!!!!!!!!!!
    love you!!!!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    thank you, now i know to polish my spanish before i go to a country that speaks it
    thanks


    -patrick

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    So it sounds like your getting along with the natives really well.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    hey alex... hope your having fun in buenos aires... im jealous. hope you have better luck in the pastry shops of uraguay, and eat some weird ass stuff for me!

    william

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    how many places are u going?
    -Michelle

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    we just had this courage retreat that you would have liked, which you were here


    patrick

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    Alex!!! I am so disappointed.. you need to start showing off that fancy spanish i always asked the answers for.
    Hutton

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    EAT GOOD FOOD!!!
    i miss you!!! (i just realized that today i was like 'blah blah blah--omygod i miss alex!!!!!' and got really sad)
    anyway

    have fun on your next flight and wishing you where eighteen

    -Paige

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  9. starrise57January 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM

    i misses you
    a lot
    you had better be having loads of fun there

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  10. starrise57January 9, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    oh and paige? do you really wish he was 18? he'd be doing -- oh, never mind, i don't even want to know what!!!!!
    no, just kidding, i know you'd stick to your morals, alex : D
    (i have an odd feeling i've been in too many ethics classes... already...)

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    i hope you're having fun!!
    and i'm kinda glad you aren't 18
    alex drunk is a very scary thought....
    i miss ya!!
    -merrit

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    indeed, an inebriated alex would probably be on par with threats like godzilla and king kong.

    -patrick

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  13. starrise57January 10, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    see, merrit is smart, she made a very good point! listen to her, alex!!! don't be drunkish!
    (kudos to anyone who has guessed who i am, cuase alex STILL HASN"T GUESSED!)

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    I love your blog photo. Hope the heat is getting better. Don't you leave for Montevideo in a few days?
    G & G

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    lol! You need to brush up on ur spanish! But, hey, if it included "lemon" and it's in a bakery, it HAS to be good! It's like, a law! And yes, Argentina is famous for it's helado.
    -Stephanie Carlson

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    hey alex its daniel i just wanted to let you know i was readin your blog...
    i also wanted to let you know i'm sure you're gonna have some awesome adventures and i'm incredibly jealous!
    HAVE FUN LIVIN' LIFE MAN!!!

    DB

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 2:45 PM

    el pescado era en piscado y hizo un buen plato
    HA! i think this is right I might have spelled some stuff wrong cuz i got the translation from somebody over the fone that lives in colombia so HA!
    Nailah

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  18. UnknownFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    (\_/)
    ( " )
    (_)(_)

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  19. UnknownFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    I didn't mean to

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  20. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    Dude,
    You're awesome man. How are you man?

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