So many of us bonded at the Eco Yoga Park that we could not bear to part. Paress, Laura, Martin, JT, Katherine, and I decided to head to Lujan to meet George and Suzanne for a night then head to Buenos Aires. It was a sad day when we all left the Park. Their were only three volunteers left and the staff seemed really sad to see us leave. We headed to the train station where we spent hours waiting for the train since our train never arrived and the next train was late. While we waited Laura busted out her mate, so we drank mate and joked around. There were some drunk Argentine guys that kept coming around to speak to us. We tried to not engage them. One guy kept talking to me and I kept saying "no comprendo" over and over. I guess he didn't care, just needed to talk. One of the guys had a 4 y/o daughter who threw a rock which hit Paress. Paress was simply lying down and was so shocked she jumped up saying what the hell. Once we realized it was the little girl we all started to laugh. The father dragged the girl over to apologize and she refused. Paress whispered that little bitch! This was even funnier. We all figured we needed a little break by then. So we walked to get some ice cream. Our one hour jouurney ended up being six hours filled with fun and laughter. The train finally arrived after we crossed the street to catch the bus. It was a wonderful train ride. We got much needed rest and Katherine and I enjoyed writing in our journals. On the second half of the train ride Katherine and I bonded through a "girls talk". We finally arrive to Lujan toting all of our bags. Katherine said it was only a five minute walk to the center so we decided to walk instead of catch a taxi. Of course this five minute walk turns out to be more like thirty minutes. We see the hotel that George and Suzanne are staying in, but we continue to walk to find a cheaper hotel or hostel. So we find one that is about three blocks away. It is nice and cozy and they have a room with five beds and a mat to put on the floor. We take it so that the six of us could be in the same room. We were so excited to see a nice clean bathroom and a shower with hot water. The little things that make you happy when travelling. We freshen up then head to the hotel to meet George and Suzanne.
We decided to go to a nice restaurant for dinner. There we drank beer, and I shared some lovely stories with everyone that made them laugh the entire night. After dinner, I decided to go back to the room to sleep and the rest went out for more drinks. Apparently they had a great time dancing and drinking. I heard that Paress and Katherine danced the night away. They of course came back into the room and all jumped onto my bed, licking my head and laughing. They told me how much fun they had and then Martin went into the bathroom to shave. When he came out we were all like why are you shaving at 3 O'clock in the morning. He said "why not" in good ole Martin fashion. We all laughed. As we were all in bed Katherine kept saying that if she gets cold she may end up in one of our beds and I told her to just get in the bed she wants and stop talking about it. She ended up staying in the mat on the floor with the little blanket. Poor thing. Initially the heat was on, but someone turned it off and we couldn't figure out how to turn it back on. The next morning I woke up early since I went to bed early and took advantage of the free breakfast. I then asked the lady to come into the room to turn on the heat, she did and I put some clothes that I need to dry over the heat. I left to take a walk and enjoy the town. It was a beautiful little town. Beautiful fashion and lots of alternative healing stores. Towards the end of my walk I run into George and Suzanne in one of the bookstores, so I walk with them some more than head to their hotel. Katherine and Martin later woke up and took a walk around town as well. Laura, Paress, and JT awoke to the smell of fire and see that a tshirt was burning up in flames. JT called George and told him what happened and I was like oh my God, I almost burned the place down cuz I left my clothes to dry. We go back to the hotel and realized it was Martin's tshirts that burned. He also had clothes that needed to dry so when mine were done he put his on the heater. His shirts had holes through them with black circles. You could smell the smoke. They opened the windows to air out the place. Katherine and Martin returned from there walk and we told them what happened. We all had a laugh. It was a good thing Martin would be going home soon because those were all his shirts. At least he could wear them under his sweaters.
We now go to this little restaurant for lunch and I swear they had the best pizza ever. We ate the Napolean pizza and it was mouth watering. The restaurant had wifi so while we ate, we all uploaded pictures from the Park and Martin checked on his tickets for his flight home. We finished up our meal and then checked out of the hotel. We were supposed to go to the Cathedral but we ran out of time. None of us wanted to say bye to George and Suzanne and vice versa so George and Suzanne decided to go to Buenos Aires, in a few days, to see Martin off. The six of us say bye to George and Suzanne and headed to the train station for our two hour ride to Buenos Aires. Once we get to B.A we separate due to me going to stay at Franceska's house(my friend Tacha's cousin), Katherine going to Bait Hostel or her friend's house, and the other three headed downtown to stay at Millhouse Hostel. Of course we meet up again.
Monday, July 19, 2010
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