I'm very interested in Ripple but I'm just reading into it now, I've got the wallet going and I'm looking to buy Ripple with BTC.
The wallet told me to have another user send some Ripple to my address so I guess here is as good a place as any r4yz8aDBjRrkVvh3xJXibfu6ArfYNdNiey
Also I am looking to buy some Ripple with BTC if anyone is selling some?
You can use this site to get started:
http://buyripplewithbitcoin.com/Edit: go with
https://www.ripplewise.com/ to get started
After that, Bitstamp works well for exchanging BTC and XRP.