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Week One- So I’ve paid my dues now, right?

February 7th, 2015 tlholl16

I absolutely cannot believe that it has almost been one week here in Argentina. I’m really starting to settle in to my new home abroad and have started my first few days of classes here. Everything about my first week in Argentina has been absolutely fantastic. Except that I have the worst luck in the world.

Not only did a manage to contract food poisoning on Day 2, but I also managed to have one of the most embarrassing moments of my life yesterday.

After having a fantastic dinner with other Holy Cross students and our amazing program director Nicolas, it was time for me to walk back home to my host mother’s house a few blocks away. When I enter into the lobby of the building, I noticed that the elevator was not working and the usual doorman that sits in the lobby was not there. Unfortunately, I did not know any other way to enter my host mom’s condo aside from the elevator. Frantically pressing the elevator button, nothing happened. After about 5 minutes of waiting, I asked someone where the stairs were and decided to take them up to the condo. The way my host mom’s building is set up ,the elevator sends you directly to your front door, and the stairs send you to a back door into the kitchen. Happy that I thought of another way to get in, I go up a flight of stairs, knock, and try to enter. But my keys don’t work! Suddenly, I realize that I was on the wrong floor. I had forgotten that in Argentina, the lobby is Floor 0 and that the 2nd floor is actually two flights up. Within seconds the door swings open and a man runs at me yelling and accusing me of trying to break and enter. He even called security telling them of what happened. After explaining to him my mistake in nervous, broken Spanish and many “lo sientos”, the man finally cooled down a bit. I will never make that mistake again.

Then, today, I had my third and hopefully last bad luck experience of the week. During our break in class, I decided to get coffee from a nearby cafe with the other students. As we are walking back to class, I manage to spill it all over the cafe table and onto the floor. Wonderful.

But I promise my experience this first week has not been an overall negative one! I just hope that I’ve paid my dues now, and that the rest of the semester will be smooth sailing. Below are some photos to prove that Buenos Aires is truly one of the best cities in the world.

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