South America - it's like America…but South.

And off I go again! 

Again a new city, country, and continent! And again a new experience. This time I'm going as a university student to study abroad at the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

I have been learning Spanish for a while and hope I'm good enough to get through with it…

I chose to go to Argentina because -obviously- I want to improve my Spanish, Buenos Aires is supposed to be a beautiful city, and I haven't been to South America yet. 

The university I'm attending is a partner university of my home university and also a partner of Doane! 
(For those of you, who don't know: Doane is a college in Crete, Nebraska, the town I where I spent my year as an exchange student in 2009/2010 (http://anna-nebraska20092010.blogspot.com). I have a couple of friends who attend(ed) this college. Also my host sister went there, my host mom used to work for Doane and my American grandparents still do.) 
So I'm kinda hoping to meet some people from good old Nebraska :)

Talking about people I meet there - one familiar face will be there for sure: Randy! 
Randy used to live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I volunteered at Thai Freedom House in 2012/13 (http://annainthailand2012-2013.blogspot.com). He keeps moving around the world and Buenos Aires is where we will meet again for a couple of months. Knowing that made everything easier. Randy is a great person and became a good friend during my time in Chiang Mai. I am pretty excited to see him again! 

The final preparations for my departure had to go very quick since I had exams last Monday and Tuesday and got moved out of my apartment only last weekend. After a wonderful last night in Ingolstadt (where I study) with a bunch of friends, I left for home on Wednesday and left for Argentina Saturday morning. Luckily my mom is by now used to my chaotic packing style and was a great help! 

Eventhough it took me a while - I am finally really excited to go to Argentina! Only a couple more hours waiting in Atlanta and a couple more hours flying are seperating me from my destination. I am excited for the university, for all the new friends I'm going to make and interesting people I'm going to meet, the food, the life, the city, the country, for all the fun trips I will go on, to other cities and countries, and finally to return to Crete, my "home away from home", after my semester abroad. 

I can't wait! 
I'll keep you updated...