Arrival to Argentina

After 44 hours of travelling, I made it safe and sound to Argentina! Despite having only two flights, as opposed to my customary three flights (going via Brazil or Peru), this has been the longest journey I have had to do to make it here. Flights all went without hiccups and for once, had quite a relaxing connection as my connecting flight wasn’t until the following day, so I had about 20 hours hanging around at a hotel in Buenos Aires. Going through passport control was also all fine and soon the main worries I had about my journey had all been surpassed. Hallelujah!

The fun and games really happened about ten minutes after I’d arrived in Salta. I was back with Noly (hurrah!) and we were on our way to lunch when Noly decided to take on the kurb in the middle of a busy roundabout. Needless to say, we lost that battle quite spectacularly and were suddenly stranded on the middle of a busy roundabout with an incredibly bust up front left tyre and a car that wouldn’t move an inch! (I should mention at this point that neither of us were badly hurt, I just got bad rope burn on my neck from the seat belt.) A whole troupe of police turned up, stopped the traffic and then managed, with great effort, to push the car to the side of the road. My role during this part was the vital role of overseer and quite frankly, I nailed it 😉

So the rest of the afternoon was spent sorting out the car, taking it to the garage etc. Not quite the way we had imagined my arrival would be to Argentina, but who wants to be conventional after all?

Nothing else really to report yet, other than the fact I am now set up at Marta’s (Noly’s grandmother) apartment in the city centre. I am feeling rather like a domestic goddess, as I finally managed to work out how to use the kettle using a gas hob. I have always been super intimidated by gas hobs. I feel that the level of my accomplishment doesn’t quite match how victorious I feel about it but there you are. Nadia 1, Gas hob 0. I think I am additionally very happy with this accomplishment since it has enabled me to have my first cup of English tea whilst I’ve been here.

Sadly, I have now finished said cup of tea and I have no more excuses left to not be unpacking, so alas, no more procrastination..

For anyone who is a pray-er or a sender of good thoughts please pray for me as I settle into life in Argentina. Specific prayer points:
-That I would have a good support network out here, make friends and not feel isolated, despite my stilted Spanish.
-That I will have the confidence to try out the Spanish I do have and not feel too intimidated by the language barrier.
-Safety and health.
-That my introduction to my new job will go well and won’t make me feel too overwhelmed. (This is happening on Monday 3rd June at 4pm, so 8pm English time).

That’s all for now, over and out!