So today was my first day at school. I had to do a small oral test and we established that I was a complete beginner as far as Spanish conversation was concerned.

We had an orientation around the Exspanish school and lessons started around 930am. There are 7 people in my class so a good small number to learn with. The teacher, Rosana, is really nice and very patient with us all. I felt I learnt quite a bit today, especially around pronunciation. I met some really nice people too.

We had lessons until 1pm and then we had another small orientation session which covered how to stay safe in BA as well as some recommendations of where to go.

A few of us decided to go for lunch to one of the recommended empenada places – Galeria Boston, la cocina. And it was a great recommendation as the empanadas were amazing.

A few of us then decided to go and visit the Japanese gardens as it was a lovely sunny day.

The gardens were beautiful but quite small so we went to the park next door and did our homework together.

In the evening we all met up (Wanja and Tabea from Switzerland, Monique from Holland, Tobias, Michael and Andy from Germany) and went to Ciudad Cultural Konex to see La Bomba de Tiempo play. They are a percussion band and they were unbelievably good. The venue was kind of like an outdoor warehouse and it was packed. The band started at 8pm and played for a couple of hours – the air was quite thick with smoke, and the type you could get high on. It was a great evening!

I had a small mishap with the safe in my apartment – I couldn’t get it to open. But luckily the lady who owns the apartment came and sorted it all out and everything is working fine again. Good job as my money, cards and passport are all in the safe!