Day 3 of my Spanish classes, again a bit frustrating that the learning seems to happen at such a slow pace, but think I'm getting there. After class I went on a Tigre tour, which is about an hours ride from Buenos Aires. Tigre (Tiger) is a town in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, 28 km (17 mi) north of Buenos Aires city. Tigre lies on the Paraná Delta and is an important tourist and weekend attraction, easily...

Day 2 of my Spanish class and got there sopping wet as I had to walk in the bucketing rain...besides that class went well, although feeling a bit disheartened as I realise just how much I still have to learn in order just to maintain a basic conversation. After class I went on an organised bus tour of Buenos Aires, to the areas of Palermo, La Recolteta and Caminito in La Boca. La Baco was my favourite lace. Although the tourist area is relatively safe it is said...

My first day as a Spannish student! ExSpanish the learnng company is located 2 blocks frm my accomdation which locate on the main street of Buenos Aires, Florida Street. My professora, Tatiana is from Columbia and spoke spanish throughout the class. This wasnt good for my moral as for some reason I though I should be able to understand on an intuitive level. Well that did not happen and just reinforced how much I need these classes. I spent the rest of the day tr...

Travlling is to a great extent about the people one meets. It can be the best place, but without people to share it with th experience can be a rather bland. During my travels I have met truely amazing people and I continue to do so still. I am now encountering a different slant on friendships though, called the language barrier. I met a brazilian lady and guy along with a South Korea lady, but one thing is different this time, they hardly speak English. Fortunat...

Up by 4am. Thaya and Dushi kindly prayed for me before Ieft and took me to the airport, got ther around 5:15. I boarded the plane byb 6:45. I had an isle seat booked (33h), however someone was in my seat. I kindly asked the lady to move which she did. She subsequently asked the airhostes to move. As the back seats were open her and her hubby moved, leaving my with 3 seats all to myself. On this 17 hour flight, I was just too thankful! I uppdated my manual diary e...