NOW i'm starting to get it...

why people rave about BsAs, that is. i learned today that staying the ´old´ section of San Telmo means i´m staying in the area with the skinny streets with not much life....i got out farther north and west today and it´s a totally different city. wide avenues, lots of trees, culture....

at my boyfriend´s good suggestion i´m going to wait a few days to write more so that i can write a significant blog entry, but i forgot to share this observation yesterday:

-the stoplights turn from red back to yellow before they turn green. i have a feeling that would confuse me if i was behind the wheel.

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