Buenos Aires, Argentina

Today feels a little strange, I set an alarm for this morning had breakfast planned and had to be in school for 9am. Part of me likes the fact I have committed to a routine for the next few weeks, not sure why! After the last week, clean clothes are few so I have a bag ready to drop into a laundrette (lavanderia) for washing on the way to class. Breakfast in my little studio is avocado and cream cheese on toast washed down with orange juice and coffee. Route is a fairly short walk to class, around 20mins and I arrive in time for induction. Six of us in the class, a Aussie guy, a kiwi couple and two Dutch guys on a internship all friendly. Our tutor is Julian and he seems fine, laughs a bit particularly at the Dutch pronunciation which actually might be worse than mine. We cover loads, the alphabet, greetings, introductions, where we are from/live and by the end of four hours I have a headache but it’s been a good start. Head home after class and eat pasta, seem to be starving for a change….spoke to Justin and Jules & Pete late afternoon which was nice. Take a late afternoon stroll over to the parks near recolata via a heladeria (Volta) to see the Floralis Genérica which is a sculpture of a massive flower made of steel and aluminum designed by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. Catalano once said that the flower “is a synthesis of all the flowers and, at the same time, a hope reborn every day at opening”. The sculpture was designed to move, closing its petals in the evening and opening them in the morning. My plan was to stay until sunset to watch it close, but a couple of guys started asking me about Brexit and then the ‘1982’ war, felt a little uncomfortable so I decided to make my way back down Avenida Libertad to home.