A Little Background

Sonia and I are best friends. I’ve known her since junior high. We’ve always always always talked about going abroad together for an extended period of time but you know how life is… it just never really happened.

One day, a few weeks ago, we were on a hike in our hometown of Echo Park, Los Angeles. I had just broken up with my live-in love and Sonia was feeling a bit stagnant in life. Once again we started fantasizing about our international travel plans, but this time something was different. “Life just keeps on going by,” I said, “and I’m 31 and it’s fucking time to get this shit started!” Both of us just decided, right on the spot, that we were going to go to Buenos Aires for a month, a city I’d heard many good things about. We were going to rent an apartment, take intensive Spanish language classes, and just be glamorous in general.

The next morning I requested time off from work and Sonia figured out her work situation (she’s a graphic designer and is actually going to work remotely from Argentina… lucky bitch!) We bought tickets that afternoon for three weeks later, and that was that. Now, here we are!!!

Our language school is about two miles away from the apartment we rented, a two bedroom apartment in San Telmo, the historic part of town. It's on the third floor of a beautiful little building with a pet store on the street level. We love it.

-Erica (and Sonia!)

(our living room and looking into my room)

(our kitchen and looking into sonia's room )

(my room)

(sonia's room)

*a note about our blog*
Sonia is the visual girl – the graphics lady – the one who arranges it all and makes it happen. I’m the writer, so although this is in my voice, we want you to know it’s coming from both of us. And sonia just may be chiming in here and there to contribute! You'll have to guess when! We’re just doing what comes naturally to both of us.