The view of the river just as we left the train station.

"Lanchas Colectivas" Literally boat buses : ) Public transport on the water between the different islands

One of the row boats. I can't imagine how the guys in shorts were feeling because I was layered up and the wind was still chilly. I suppose the rowing is pretty hard work though and they must warm up!

The sign says it all!

The entire ISA group for this excursion. This is only half of us, the other half goes next weekend. I have met people from ALL over the states and from all kinds of backgrounds. It's been so interesting hearing everyone's stories!

Supermercado! (poor quality photo because it was taken through plastic : ))

Just one of the houses on the river. The houses ranged from trailer houses to mansions on stilts!

My first purchase! Alpaca mittens! Here with Becca sporting our authentic duds : )

The leather here is outrageous! Here is a BASKET full of real leather boots for around 50 dollars or so. There are racks and racks of leather jackets for incredible prices. Orders anyone?? ; )

Merienda--> Mid-day snack time! Their idea of a snack was brownies, medialunas (croissants) and grilled cheese and ham sandwiches! A bit heavy for a snack eh?? haha. And to top it all off a "Submarino", they bring you hot milk and a bar of chocolate and you drop the chocolate in to make a delicious drink similar to a hot chocolate : )

Alexis and I on the edge of the river! You can see Buenos Aires in the distant background.

 

WOOFTA! A couple busy days here in the capital city! Saturday we went to El Tigre for our first excursion. El Tigre is a delta town that is a 30 minute train ride outside of the city. We arrived there at about 10 in the morning and spent the entire day exploring the beautiful place! We took a guided tour by boat amongst all of the islands that make up the delta and the sites were amazing! The inhabitants can only travel via boat and they even have supermarkets on boats! I can't wait to return during the spring and enjoy more vegetation and warmer weather, it was a tad bit chilly : ) After our boat ride we spent a couple hours shopping in the Puerto de Frutas (Fruit Port) it's a famous market with tons of cool little shops! They ended our day at the Rio De Plata, the massive river that separates Uruguay and Argentina, you can't even see the other side, its more like an ocean!  It's an incredible site with lots of sail boats, row boats and an awesome view of the city!

Today Emma and I got lost on the bus system on the way to church but we eventually found it and it was well worth the frustration! It's a beautiful church and the sermon was in Spanish but the Pastor is from England and so his Spanish is much slower, and he enunciates without the very thick Castellano accent so I was actually able to understand the entire service, just another blessing from God! : )) They invited Alexis, Emma and I to their church luncheon and we were able to sit with a bunch of the youth in the church and they were so fun and nice! It was a blast trying to express myself in broken Spanish but they are a great group of people and we are planning on going to their youth group as well! I sat next to a young man whose family is from Guatemala City, and they moved to Buenos Aires to continue with missions work (coincidence, I think not : )) I look forward to talking to them more and hopefully getting involved with their mission work! The way that God has delivered and answered so many prayers is beyond incredible.

We met a girl named Gloria at church as well, she is from Nigeria but has been in BA for the past 1.5 years studying accounting and working! She is a blast and a half so she showed us a thing or too about getting around the city and we went to another open air market for the afternoon, the silver handicrafts are out of this world! Gloria kept making me go back to all the vendors and ask them more questions in Spanish so that I would have to practice more : )) It was really fun and she said it's what helped her learn the most. By the end of the day one vendor guessed that I was from Brazil! haha. He knew that I wasn't from BA because I am probably 1 of 10 women with short hair in this city! Buuuut at least my shopping Spanish passed the tourist test : )) Now it's time to learn some more in depth phrases beyond, hi, what's it made of, HOW BEAUTIFUL : )) hahah.

Registration for classes begins at 12:01 AM tonight and the advice has been to try to register as quickly as possible so we shall see how that goes! Classes start tomorrow! Woo Hoo! Back to school : ))

Thank you guys for all the comments and for following me, the comments get sent to my email but I don't get sent your email address as well so I can't reply privately : (( But feel free to email me anytime as well!

Con Amor! Bailey

Here is my address (Amber :: )! They have our mail sent to the ISA office and then distribute it! Send with caution though because it sounds like things have a tendency to take months! haha

Bailey Kremke
Cabildo 875 1er. Piso
Buenos Aires Argentina
C1426AAI