Well, after what seemed like the longest flight in the world (really only 10 hours from Houston) we are really here and really tired!   We got kind of rushed at the airport and really rushed in an insane taxi ride to the hotel.  Traffic signs and speed limits are but guidelines here and Carol said she only made it by not looking.  But somehow we got to the hotel and then slept for a few hours since we got no sleep on the red eye flight.

Actually Carol slept while Jeff and his no Spanish speaking self went looking for a bank to get Argentine pesos.   That was truly exciting and after visiting two banks I figured that banks don’t exchange dollars for pesos but exchange houses do.  With fifteen minutes left before closing time I got the mission accomplished and then collapsed in bed.

When we both got up we went to the Buenos Aires Hard Rock Cafe and had a nice meal and got some really cool T shirts.

Everyone here is real nice but outside the hotel English is not widely spoken – so carry the dictionary and get a few chuckles from the locals but we get where we want to go and have’t been arrested yet.

Tomorrow we meet our group and go on a tour so we should take more pictures.  The one today is of some nice fresh flowers in the lobby.

We are really having fun so far and haven’t even seen any penguins yet

Photo from the lobby of our hotel