We are in Buenos Aires! After a long, but uneventful flight, we touched down in B.A. and were met by Governor Eduardo, GSE Chair Liliana, Outbound team leader Marcos, and other Rotarians, as well as Kelly and Eecole. Our Argentine counterparts are very nice, and are doing everything to make us feel welcome and comfortable. They took us to an historic hotel, Posada de San Isidro, which is about 200 years old. A local Rotarian owns it. We all took long naps (much needed) and we are now ready to get on the train for 30 minute ride to downtown Buenos Aires. We have a ¨free day¨ today--no supervision and no Rotary gigs until 10 am tomorrow. So we are going to see some sites on our own, bond, and party!
Liliana, her partner, Alfio, and Marcos, speak excellent English. If the inbound team is as fluent as Marcos, no worries about communication for our local District 5100 Rotarians. Liliana and Alfio have both also been team leaders, so they are extremely sensitive to the need for rest, etc. Rest assured we are in excellent hands.
We gave the GSE caps to Liliana and Eduardo, and GSE pins to everyone who met us at the airport. We have a great photo of Eduardo in his baseball cap standing in a batter´s stance. He is lots of fun. Stay tuned for lots of blogging.
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