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The obelisk
Recently a few of my friends from back home arrived here in Argentina. They were originally going to go to Rio de Janeiro and then come here to Buenos Aires, but there was some complications with their Brazilian visas, so it seems that they’re just going to get an apartment here and maybe travel around Argentina. I wasn’t expecting them until a few weeks later, but a few days ago my buddy sent me a message on facebook letting me know that they’d touched down. Last night we hung out for the first time, and it was an incredibly strange, but awesome experience.To begin with, it was so cool seeing my friends, three people who I’ve known since before high school, in Buenos Aires. With their arrival, I’m seeing this city with new eyes again. I’m remembering what it was like when I first came here, before I got settled here. I want to be able to show my buddies what my life is like here and give them a good, fair, portrayal of Buenos Aires, the good and the bad. Not that I’m an expert now and I definitely don’t know the city perfectly (it’s huge!), but I live here, I have places that I go to regularly, and it is my home. Seeing my friends really made me realize this. It brought together two totally separate worlds and it made me realize that I have a pretty established life here. I have an identity. This is no longer a new and exotic to me, it’s simply Buenos Aires, my home. In many ways, is kind of like how my relationship with New York changed. Before coming to NYU and living in New York, it seemed like this magical, dream-like place, but after living there for a while, the awe kind of wore off. I am NOT trying to say that I’m tired of it here (or in New York for that matter), instead what I really mean is the opposite. Now is when I am really enjoying living in this city, not just visiting. I’m discovering and enjoying many new aspects and realizing just how much it truly has to offer. The arrival of my friends has made me look back on my time here and realize how great it’s been and how wonderful it will continue to be.
Berkely
I think its awesome that your old friend from High School came down to live in Buenos Aires. When I met them, I felt I had gained so much insight into who you were. I noticed how similar your friends were to you in the sense that you all had the same facial ticks and used the same vocabulary. It also is proof for me that you were not making all that lingo up. When I first saw you guys together, all of you were wearing a Kirkland White Signiture T-shirt. It is mind boggling to me how even your dress was similar. All in all I now understand you better by meeting your friends.