Once again, I’ve been slacking on blog posts…my apologies.
August 18 marked my one-year anniversary of living in
Argentina. Roman and I tried to celebrate with a nice dinner out, but it was
canceled and rescheduled several times, so really we didn’t do anything. In order to keep this blog positive, I will
note just two things about my time in Buenos Aires:
1.
It has been wonderful living with Roman. Long-distance relationships are
terrible. We are very lucky that Argentina
has given us the opportunity to see each other in-person everyday. Being in each others’ physical presence is
something that many couples take for granted, but it is something that Roman
and I have been and will forever be thankful for.
2.
My experience living in another country has
definitely made me a different person. I
never realized that anything was changing in me until I looked back and
compared my current self to my year-ago self.
Most of the changes have been good, and absolutely none of them have
been easy. This last year has been one
of the hardest of my life, but it has also one of the most rewarding.
Now, on to Patagonia…
Roman and I used some airline miles and flew to the south of
Argentina for a week. Since we were so
close, we decided to head on to Chile as well.
We flew into El Calafate, from where we were able to visit the glacier
Perito Moreno. I had never seen a
glacier before, so the sight was absolutely astonishing. Pictures really don’t do it justice (or any
of the places we saw for that matter).
Roman had visited the glacier before, but only from a distance. This time he wanted to get closer, so we
signed up for a glacier trek. We put
spikes on our shoes and hiked on the glacier for over an hour. We were able to get so far into the glacier
that it seemed we were on another planet, with pure water and the most
beautiful blues imaginable.
From Calafate we traveled by bus to El Chalten, which is the
home of Mt. Fitz Roy. We spent the day
hiking through Los Glaciares National Park (which is the home of Perito Moreno
as well). Once again, I can’t describe
how beautiful the landscape is in Patagonia.
Everything is pure and perfectly pristine.
After El Chalten, we took a five-hour bus ride to Torres del
Paine in Chile. When I was younger, I
used to sit on the computer looking for cool places in the world to go. For a long time, I was fixated on Torres del
Paine, so when I had the opportunity to go, I had to seize it.
Unfortunately, only our first day in the park was nice. Our second and third were filled with rain
that eventually turned into snow. Our
grand hiking plans were cut down, but we still managed to see some beautiful
landscapes. I suppose the weather just
left us with more reason to return to the park in the future.
When we were in El Chalten, Roman and I received the news
that our interview for his fiancé visa is scheduled for October 28. That means that our time here is coming to a
close. We should be back in the US
before the middle of November. We are
both very happy to be moving to the next stage in our lives, but at the same
time, I, at least, am also very anxious.
We both need to find a place to live and employment. I feel like my life is a blank canvas…and
while that provides me with amazing opportunity, it is also the most stressful
thing in the world. We both know,
however, that we have an amazing support system and that we have each other to
figure things out with.
Thanks for following along with my blog from Argentina!
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