Feliz Año!!!

My first toast to Argentina

Happy One Year Anniversary Argentina!

Hard to believe, yes, but I've been here for an entire year and am still completely in love with my life in Buenos Aires. As a quick review, I went back to some of my original posts and noticed a common theme: Discovery. My first few Argentine months were packed with "The Kristin and Brett Explorer Collection" including gardens, parks, museums, clubs, restaurants, public transportation and much, much more. I'm pleased to announce that the exploration has not stopped!

Our day two bike tour 

One of my most recent achievements (that those of you familiar with BA transit will appreciate) I've finally begun to use a Sube card! Thanks to Maria and her extra card, I am now skipping those annoying subte boletería lines and whizzing past the bus drivers with a quick swipe of my magnetic strip. Though my bicycle is my closest companion, with the recent spurts of rain, I feel like the new addition to my wallet's credit card slots is the perfect way to seal the one year deal.

The Sube card has been very useful while learning bus routes to and from my new casa. After exhausting just about every inch of my original neighborhood, Monserrat, I've discovered my new home. Completely on the opposite side of the city, I've moved to a more 'happening' area. I am farther from school (one of grandma's biggest concerns) but since we only have class a couple times a week, I'm sure this wont create a problem and I'm even closer to work. One of the biggest pluses of my move though: I get to discover an entirely new area of the city. It's like I've moved to BsAs all over again!

My first San Telmo St. Market

As much as I'd love to spend the first weekend in my new apartment, which I might as well add has a balcony, parilla, and pool - Huge score! - I've planned to venture across the country one more time to Mendoza. Only a 14.5 hour bus ride away and Maria and I will be enjoying fancy Argentine wines in at the base of the Andes Mountain Range. With some day trips to the peaks and of course some white water rafting (weather permitting. It's still winter here remember) in one week's time I intend to be a wine expert, or at least know the difference between a wine tasting in which you drink too much and one in which you play it right actually making it to lunch at the end! I can't imagine a better way to spend my anniversary.