24 hours into an indefinitely long trip and I’ve experienced a smorgasbord of emotions. Cried in customs, cried just after customs, cried before take off, and just after take off. Cried on the street walking to dinner, and this morning walking to breakfast. Haven’t cried in over 6 hours now, so I think I’m getting better… Scott, on the other hand, is just really excited.

Got off the plane and to our Air BnB easily, Augusto our host is lovely and really calming 🙂 We are located in Palermo – a really nice, Williamsburg type place; big green trees lining the streets, lots of people sitting at cool bars and cafes along the pathways. It feels really safe…so far.

Walking to dinner last night we walked past people dancing in the park, two girls singing with a ukelele drinking red wine from the bottle, and groups of friends hanging in the park at 9-10pm – all of which made me happy. We tried a place that was recommended to us for dinner , but it was packed and as our Spanish is VERY LIMITED it was a bit intimidating so we ended up at a cool bar, eating BBQ ribs and nachos, y dos cerveza. 😉 Will try again later in the week..

Today we woke at 2pm (oops), went and had coffee and croissants then headed to the art gallery – MALBA. It was really beautiful and seeing a Frida Kahlo in real life was quite special. Currently i am sitting at our little table eating blue cheese on a baguette, and drinking a glass of red wine that was $3.40 a bottle. It’s yum.

We will wait till around 9.30 to go for dinner as everywhere is dead here before then – An 8.30pm dinner reservation is pretty much like afternoon tea.

Tomorrow is Scott’s birthday and we have booked an amazing restaurant called Tegui, for dinner. 8 course degustation get in my face.