The journey begins…
March 8, 2009
After months of anticipation, organization and fund-raising we landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We were tired after our ten hour plane ride, but we embraced the beautiful day! Our Hillel-Argentina leaders greeted us at the airport and provided us with an itinerary for the week. We dropped our bags off at our hotel centrally located in Belgrano, a residential neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. We spent the afternoon at Hillel a beautiful, welcoming, and antique community center. Virgina Tech and Kenyon College joined us in the garden for brief introductions and orientation games. We boarded a bus for a city tour of Plaza Francia in Recoleta and Palermo. Some of us took a walking tour through La Recoleta Cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. We wandered through the handicrafts markets and engaged in the rich Argentinean culture. Finally, we ate a falafel dinner at Hillel and went back to the hotel to catch up on much needed sleep. Most of us agreed that our favourite part of the day was exploring the area, purchasing local foods, admiring artwork and practicing our broken Spanish!
-Jillian Vogel, UNC Class of ´12
- All of us in the airport!
