First night in Buenos Aires - Complete!

Well Gang, we made it!

After 13 hours of flight time paired with 4 hours of layover and a strong 4 hours of sleep delivered in one hour increments, we finally made it to BA.

First off, this city is HUGE.  8 million people huge.  There are only 14 million people in the whole country, so over half of them living in this city gets a little busy.

We arrived at the ripe hour of 11:30pm, which thankfully for us, is exactly when the nightlife kicks off in BA. Our AirBnB host was rather gracious and left us with 2 tall cans of Heineken in the fridge and some snacks, so we could arrive properly.

We decided to venture out for a quick late-night (well, late to us) bite at the local pizzeria, "Kentucky Pizza."  Apparently this is a super chain (think Pizza Hut) in BA and probably Argentina, and for $8.10 US, we got 2 empanadas (ham and beef), 2 slices of pizza and 2 beers.  As a side note, Argentine pizza is pretty different than US pizza, so more to come on that.  Our personal experience with Kentucky was more like focaccia covered in mozzarella and ham.  Not bad, but rather bready.

Either way, it was super convenient, we ordered without speaking a single word of English (which took some effort on both the cashier and my part), and generally pretty fulfilling.

We decided to celebrate with a "final final" at the pub at the end of our block where we met the fabulously English speaking Gabi, the server.  We finished the night off with a late-night cocktail and headed back to our apartment.

While I had a fair amount of nerves walking out into the unknown, barely knowing the language and not at all knowing the neighborhood or the safety of it, I'm happy to report that I was MORE than pleasantly surprised with our first experience.

Day one - complete!  More to come on our awesome adventure :)

XOXO,


AT & The Dr.