Las Despedidas...

Una despedida = a departure/going away...

In basic terms, when a despedida takes place down here, it usually implies that someone is leaving Buenos Aires, for good... Not necessarily forever, but for the foreseeable future. In the last few weeks, there have been many a despedida down here, as the 'real' world has apparently been calling many of our friends back to NYC, LA, SF, Sydney, etc... It has been bittersweet saying goodbye to a good chunk of the friends I made down here in my first 3 months, but the time has come to continue moving forward with this journey and just meet the next round of friends... That said, the friends I have who are more permanent in nature are great, and I think, to some degree, we'll all be a bit relieved when we can finally enjoy the day when there isn't one last person's party to attend, or the last of something to see before [fill in the blank]...

It has been a great run for the 3+ months, and I'll certainly miss all the friends that I've made and who have since gone, but life moves on for all of us. I can only be grateful for the opportunity to have shared the time with them, and hope they have felt as good about having the chance to spend their time with me... Hasta luego!