Last week in BsAs

Next week will be the last week here in buenos aires!!! I have been here about 5 months. Throughout these months I have had good and bad moments but it has really been in the last two months that I have began to really enjoy this city. I have decided that this is not my city... I have not fallen in love with it and it has not fallen in love with me. With this said I will miss it for it's energy and all that makes it the passionate city of Buenos Aires. I will miss my apartment and my wonderful roommates. As well I am going to miss knowing where things are and how to get places.

I know that I made the right choice to move to Córdoba and become a nanny, because even though I will miss these things I don't feel like I am leaving anything I can't live without. I am excited to live in a more quiet city with hills! And to have a stable job I can count on.

Now that I have so little time left here I need to figure out what I need to do here before I leave. Also I can appriciate it more because I only have a little bit of time left to enjoy it.

I will keep you updated as I begin my next journey :)

How do I know spring is near?

Dare I say it... I think we are almost done with winter. I have survived :) As a whole I really can't complain about the winter here, most of the time it is sunny and even though it can feel very cold it never freezes. All the same I am very excited about the beginning of spring and have began seeing some signs of it. First of all the days are getting longer, when I work at 6:30 there is still some light, yay! Second there are baby leaves on a few trees. Next it is going to start to be warmer but that hasn't happened yet. Similar to NorCal we do have a few of those perfect 75 degree days in winter but having just been through my second winter in a row I am ready for some more heat.

Food and friends

I have been enjoying my two favorite things in life lately. Since I have moved into my new apartment I have had the luck to move in with a lovely girl, Malú. Malú is from Peru and has become my friend from the first moment. Through her I have also met a group of wonderful ladies all of which love to hangout and eat... We have had a couple dinner parties where we are having a theme or country as the focus.

The first was 'mexican' which ended up being a intestesing mixture of fresh salsa, roasted veggies, a salty hummus on top of a quesadilla. It was then eatten in the French way with a fork and knife. Definently not Mexican food but very good.

Our second dinner get together we had a French theme and Helene of Paris made excelent crepes. For the first course we had savory crepes of ham and cheese and later finished with crepes filled with homemade apple sauce and Dulce de leche.... Mmmmm.