i started about two or three blogs but never got far with them. i started one with things ive learned in my travels and another one about boston. and another just basic one. sorry my blogs have not turned into recapping about what i have been doing. i have really sucked at updating my journal as well. i left off somewhere in cordoba... and that was over a week ago.
first off... i am happy that my friends and family are safe after the bombings in boston last monday. it was weird and surreal to see the news. to be so far away and so detached from it. it felt like it was happening in a different city. not my hometown. it couldnt. i mean. who would want to hurt the city of boston? part of me is happy to have missed it... because it must be a horrible thing to remember and to experience. but part of me feels like i missed out on being a bostonian. or something. i cant describe what i am trying to say. but it just feels like i missed out? and now to see photos of medford.... where i use to live not so long ago... on the news sites. it is just so... weird. surreal. scary. all the above. just very confusing. things just dont connect. but anyway. i am happy that the police and first responders kept everyone safe. they definitely deserve all the praise that they are receiving from everyone. although i am far away. i will always be a bostonian.
so... now. i am back in buenos aires because i love this city. i have met several people throughout my travels who live here who i am very fortunate to have been able to meet up with again. some who i truly feel like im friends with. and that is an awesome thing to be able to say. i surfed a couch of one of them for a couple nights. mariano and his boyfriend eduardo hosted me for three nights when i first got back. they welcomed me to an amazing asado (barbecue) at eduardo's family's house. super nice. met the whole family... including his niece and nephew and nephew's friend who speak pretty good english. the friend asked me if americans eat a lot of chicken wings. ha. it is not common here to just eat wings. they think it is funny. but anyway. so nice of them to welcome me into their home... and i have gotten together with them a couple other times and we shared a mate. it is just nice. i like the argentinian way. they are very welcoming. and i absolutely love that you always greet people with a kiss on the cheek. whether you know them or not... whether youre male or female. you greet and leave with a kiss on the cheek. it is nice. it is warm. and i like it.
i am at a place in my travels... where i am just not interested in meeting more people or exploring. not saying that i want to go home, because i dont... not right now. but i just dont feel the urge of going out everyday and talking about my travels, where i am from, where ive been, etc. i would rather strengthen the bonds that i currently have. so... i am thinking of staying in buenos aires for a couple weeks before my next plan of action. maybe i will take more spanish lessons or maybe i will volunteer. im not sure. but i just feel like staying put and this seems like a great place to do it.
i love all the people that i have met. one guy i am traveling with now... matt is just great. he is 23 years old... australian... and pretty much the gayest gay i have ever met. he embraces that last statement so i dont mind typing it here. well... i thought that... until he managed to find another guy... gui. who is absolutely one of the sweetest people i have ever met. he is from brazil. and left today. i didnt say goodbye since he left so early. but matt and i met in cordoba... then i came to ba.... then we met up in uruguay and traveled back here. he leaves for australia on friday. i am going to miss him a lot because we have really bonded over the past 10 days or so. i feel like i have known him forever. and mariano is just an absolute sweetheart. btw... i think that buenos aires may be the gay capital of the world. or at least it is very open and widely accepted so it is nice to see. i hope the rest of the world follows suit soon. uruguay and new zealand and france i believe have all recently passed gay marriage. the usa needs to catch up! but anyway. i will miss both matt and mariano. and the others who i have met recently... or semi recently. gonzalo, sam, and helen whom i had an epic night with in valparaiso, chile. anna and phillipp whom i met up with a couple times in peru. it has been really special and i am lucky to have met them... and all the others along the way.
alright. i need to get off here and find a place to live for a week or two. hope you all are doing fantastic!
