Saturday, August 13, Buenos Aires to Salta
By Chris Earle, Hilary Grant and Allison Nicholas

Saturday began early, among other things, but let’s just say early. Eventually, everyone made their way downstairs for a continental breakfast in our Hotel in Buenos Aires. We all collected our belongings and gathered to wait for our buses to the airport. After an unnecessarily long wait, they arrived and we all made our way to the airport. It turns out that the choir, as a whole, has particularly heavy luggage; we were fined accordingly by our airline. The plane ride went as per usual with one exception - the striking view of the mountains as we entered Salta. Upon our arrival we were enthusiastically received by members of Ars Nova (our billeting choir here).

Everyone departed with their new found families, some with more difficulty than others as language barriers permitted. The afternoon pressed on as we spent time with our billet families doing a multitude of activities ranging from shopping to horseback riding. In the evening, everyone went to a rehearsal to practice our tour repertoire; nothing out of the ordinary. In exception, we ended “with a bang” by singing with Ars Nova. Then we were treated to our new homes for an excellent night’s sleep.

Sidenotes

The weather is crazy warm (and they call it winter);

None of us will need to eat for the next 1768269 years (they feed us that much);

Argentinian ice cream is the best(especially the only-available-in-Argentina flavour “Dulce de Leche”.