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got to sleep in a bit, and head to the Buenos Aires domestic airport Jorge Newberry ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroparque_Jorge_Newbery ), being that it is a relatively small airport, and there arent all that many catz flyin around midday monday we got through security quickly, i didnt even have to ditch my shoes or pull out my computer. also i made a concerted effort to finish the vanilla vodka-espresso liqueur-dulce de leche liqueur in the morning, so i had a very pleasant airport experience. being that Claudia is chronically afraid we are going to be late to something, we showed up to the airport 3.5 hours early, with ticketing and security talking all of 30 minutes, we had plenty of time to kill in the airport. most of the hours were whittled away by blank staring out the window and stealing other peoples jackets for sleeping.

the plane ride was uneventful, we got a sandwich, which most people didnt like, so i had like, 4. the descent was beautiful, the little bit of it i could see, i was on an aisle seat, with two of the girls between me and the window.

it was kinda like Iceland, in that it was all craggy and scrubby, but there was alot more, and alot larger mountains, and subsequent snow.

its winter down here now, so there is snow on the ground, and the mountains are particularly white. it was indeed chillier here, but in all honesty, it wasnt as jarring as the temperature in Buenos Aires, i guess cause it seems more like winter down here?

a bus took us to our hotel and we got all signed in, rooms distributed, me and evan one of the OTHER undergrad graduees got the double, however, it was a doubgle with a king, everyone else had triples with three twin beds, me and evan got to share a bed, i mean its whatever, the bed was so big that when he started talking in his sleep i couldnt flail and hit him without actually moving in the bed.

this is the view outside my window

our group of twenty-odd kids descended upon the little gorcery store to pick up sandwich and snack materials for the lunches we would need during our various outings, and drink for the nights spent in the hotel.

our room wound up being the hangout room, meaning each night we had like 20 kids in there, luckily our bed could easily fit like 12, and there floorspace in the corner could comfortably hold another 10 (meaning even when EVERYONE was in there, there was ample space). there wasnt too much late hangouts on the first night, as lots of people were wiped from the flight, and we had an early morning for a boat ride the next day.