Hit the Road Jack
Nice plan, no really, nice plan. Just take a flight to Buenos Aires, why not? Well, that’s not really a plan now, is it? When I arrived I didn’t have a reservation, didn’t even have the address of the hostel written down, and I surely didn’t know anyone. Perfect. And that’s exactly how I landed into my new life the 9th of October 2008, carrying only two weekend bags and two major objectives for the coming 6 months or so; first, I wanted to learn spanish, because it irritated me I couldn’t talk to the taxidriver in Peru about his hero Farfan, a Peruvian soccer player with PSV Eindhoven. So I arranged 10 weeks of classes every single day to get me to talk this new language in no time. And allthough I lost some french and german on the way, I can manage myself pretty well here now. Second, I wanted to find people to help me with my project called *****friends, a new social network that revolves around sharing locations with your friends. I traded the upcoming autumn of Amsterdam for the lovely spring of Buenos Aires, and as would soon become clear, the financial crisis for the summer fever. And for a country that has been in ‘crisis’ since 2001, who can blame them?
Buen plan, no en serio, muy buen plan. Solamente toma un avion hacia Buenos Aires, por que no? Pues, no parece un plan, no? En cuanto llege no tenia ningun reservacion, ni siquiera tenia la direccion del hostel y tampoco conocia a nadie. Joya. Y justo asi me aterrize en mi nueva vida el 9 de octubre 2008, llevando solamente dos bolsas de finde y dos objetivas mayores; primero, querria aprender castellano, por que me molestaba no ser capaz de hablar con el taxista en Peru sobre su heroe Farfan, un jugador Peruano de PSV Eindhoven. Por eso arregle 10 semanas de clase cado dia para hablar este nuevo idioma al dentro de un toque o dos. Aunque me costo y perdi algo de frances y aleman si puedo manejarme bastante bien ahora. Segundo, querria conocer a la gente que me pudiera ayudar en un proyecto mio que se llama *****friends, un nuevo red social que se trata de compartir lugares de interes entre tus amigos. Cambie el otono holandes por la hermosa primavera bonairiense, y como seria claro pronto, un crisis financiera por la fievre del verano. No se puede acusar un pais que ya estaba de ‘crisis’ hace 2001.
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