First Real Day on Holidays

Im not counting the 7 hours in Madrid airport.  While we did get off the plane, it was 7 at night and the airport was deserted.  People must not want to wander around airports on new years.  Who knew?  I did get to spend my first new years with Brian which was fantastic.  Oddly enough the airport was a lot less deserted at 12 then at 7 when we arrived. 

We got to the wonderfully warm Buenos Aires at about 10 in the morning after trying to sleep as much of the flight as we could.  Turns out not a whole lot runs on the 1st of January :) and all our plans of public transport to get us to the hostel seemed to be foiled.  We finally got here ok and its a really nice place. 

To our surprise some Dakar rally thing was on the day we arrive.  We figured not an actually rally event because the guys on motorbikes seemed more interested in messing about and getting cheers then actually driving fast.  Must be an opening ceremony or something.  The streets were full and everywhere people were cheering at the various guys going by.  Our hostel is lovely and centrally located so we were trapped inside the Dakar motorbike loop and have to resort to using a subway station to escape and see the rest of the city.  Got slightly sunburn in the trip from getting from the airport to check in at the hostel.  Its only a little bit though.  Its pretty exhausting travelling around in the heat here though for sure.  I'm sure it will get easier.

If this seems a little rambly it's because I've never blogged before and I'm not sure how to type to no one in particular.  I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.