Day Fifty Seven

     Thursday. 8:30 rolled around way to quickly. Way to quickly. I haven't had to get up that early for a long time but today Erin was flying in for Thanksgiving Vacation and I had to be at the airport by 10:30.

     I made it to the airport just in time, but Erin wasn't there. I circled around everywhere incase the flight was early. No dice. Additionally at this point I realized I didn't know the flight number, or for that matter the airline. All I knew was the time the flight landed. For the next three hours I did everything imaginable, including offering to buy strangers McDonalds in exchange for two minutes on their phones. Finally, with every option exhausted I was walking towards the door to exit. Then by some divine intervention I decided to ask the information if there was any other place that I hadn't tried. They informed me that their was a second international terminal despite me asking both the cab driver as well as two different individuals in the airport who all said there was only one. I walked to the other terminal and surprise surprise found Erin sitting there. I was so relieved. With no spanish skills, and no local currency and no idea where to go... had I not had that last second thought to ask, it could have been a disaster!

     After a two hour bus ride we made it to the city. Needless to say I had to skip class to do all of this as it was now 4 o'clock as we entered the city. We did a little hostel research and picked out two solid ones not to far from my house.

     We met up with Zack for dinner at a nice parilla in Palermo. For maybe the first time I was very unsatisfied with a restaurant. The food was incredibly expensive, but not that good, and the service was mediocre with a poor environment. Not the way to start the week trip, but what can you do? Sometimes it happens. Would NOT recommend T-Bone in Palermo.

     However we made the most of it:

     Zack had some friends at Rooftop Bar so we headed there after dinner. Walked out onto the rooftop bar and heard two different tables simultaneously call out to us. All of Zack's friends/classmates were sitting two tables away from all my friends/classmates. Super bizarre. This city has a thousand popular bars, and we went there to meet up with Zack's friends while unbeknownst to us all of mine were there too! Made for a great night!