Nas Praias da Armação

Tomorrow Carnaval starts! With that in mind, I am taking it (relatively) easy tonight. But I should warn y'all not to expect much out of me, either by blog or email, for the next four or five days. I plan on making the most out of this experience, even if it's not gonna be a Rio Carnaval for me.

I still love it here, by the way. Like, a lot. Spent three hours on the beach this morning! It was lovely. Hope it's not too cold back in North America...

Voltei De Novo...

Yeah, okay, so I'm back in Florianopolis and I'm probably just gonna sit on my ass on the beach here until it's time for me to leave. I had all these things I was gonna do, but what's making me happiest right now is doing very little while next to a gorgeous, gorgeous beach. And drinking fruity fruity drinks. And sleeping a lot.

I am not going to be getting to do a lot of this when I'm doing TFA, so I figure I better make the most of doing absolutely nothing while I can.

Carnaval is next week, and for a few days I was thinking of trying to get up to Rio, but I can't find a place to stay without paying a lot of money, and it all just seems like way too much effort. And honestly, I think it'll be great here. Certainly less touristy. As far as I can tell, everyone in Rio who can leave for Carnaval, does.

I have two weeks left before I'm back in the States. I'm pretty happy with the way I'm currently planning on spending those two weeks. YAY.

(This also includes not thinking about what happens when I get back to the States and have to get my life sorted out. Ahahahaha.)

Just A Little Bit Of Star Quality

Yes, that was my obligatory Evita quote. I am in Buenos Aires, and it is amazing. There are cities in the world that I have been to expecting to love and adore them and ended up loving and adoring, like Madrid. There are cities in the world that I have been to expecting to love them and ended up not caring about one way or the other, like Barcelona. But some places surprise me. Vienna was one. Buenos Aires is another.

The hostel here is fantastic, with a gorgeous rooftop terrace from which you can see the Argentinean version of the US Capitol. If you walk to the other end of the Avenida de Mayo, there's the Casa Rosada, which is the Argentinean version of the White House. It's the Pink House, however, which is a lot less awesome (sorry, Argentineans). San Telmo is a short walk away, full of antique stores and cafes and tango music wafting around every corner. The city center is closest, with awesome clubs full of pounding music and seas of people.

This places is fantastic. It's definitely in my top 3 cities in South America, and it's someplace I could see myself living happily.

Plus the people are really, really friendly. Rock on, Argentina, for surprising me with your awesome. I feel like a bad Brazilphile for it, but whatever. :P

This does, however, make figuring out where to go next a little more complicated. Right now I'm scheduled to check out on Tuesday, but I'm not sure what to do... I guess I'll figure it out eventually?