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Our journey has begun! We have been here in Buenos Aires for two weeks now and life as I know it will never be quite the same again. I have long wanted to travel and now the time has come. I am lucky that I can share this with Dustin and that we can experience this journey together. All I can say is that if there is something you really want in life, stick to it and believe that you can do it. "What the mind can conceive and enthusiastically believe, it can achieve." - one of my favorite quotes from Napolean Hill.
So here we are are after much hard work and determination to make this dream a reality! We have said goodbye to our life in Melbourne for the short term, but we will return full of inspiration and more determination to kick off from where we left off.
Our first two weeks here have been exciting, tiring and hot! For the first three days we were delirious in our jet lagged state and it took a little while to get the body clock adjusted. The first time we have travelled through a great change in time zone! We are feeling settled in now, however there is still so much to take in. Our legs have carried us all over town where we have walked and walked and walked so much. The other day I could barely walk at all and I felt like I had spent the day snowboarding my muscles were that sore. I think we have walked nearly 8kms on some days, perhaps more.
There is so much to see in this city and we have ventured into a few different suburbs which are all unique and have their own charm. There are so many amazing old buildings here and there is something for all the senses to take in. There are new sights, smells, sounds and feelings here that are so different to home. I love to walk around and take in all the atmosphere, some that is stunning however some is sad when you see people in such poverty. There is a mix of fortunate and less fortunate people throughout the city. We have probably been asked nearly 40 times already for money from beggars. It is hard for them because here it is essential to have small change for tipping, catching transport and buying small items so people need their small change. Businesses wont always accept a large bill and wont always have change. People will try and sell you anything like a pen, kitchen sponge, fortune card and other random items. There are a lot of buskers too, some who will come and give the crowd at an outdoor restaurant their own private show. One man could barely walk and was on crutches and was lugging around a speaker. He came up to where we were eating and we didn't know what he was saying, but he made some nice music and most people tipped him. When we have enough change we will give what we can, but we can't give to everyone. One other man tried to sell us sponges, but we didn't want them and we offered him some money anyway and he didn't want the money so maybe he was trying to tell us we need a shower! ha I really don't know. There have been many funny stories of us not understanding the language. It is challenging and we take our phrase book with us everywhere.
We have taken in so much over the past two weeks I could write so much about this time alone! I probably started this blog a little late because now I feel I have so much to fill in already. I can't possibly record everything and there is no way anyone can really. There are some experiences we can document, photograph and share, however there are some that stay with us. Some that we learn from and some that we talk about and laugh about. Here I will share what I can and I hope to post some videos soon also.
For now I will leave it at that. We are feeling happy, safe and relaxed here. We are just having a quite day today relaxing in our little room in the hostel. I think of you all back home a lot and hope you're all well and happy. For now, Chao!
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