Saturday, February 28, 2009

We made it to Santiago. Our flight actally went really well considering the extra DVD battery I brought was supposed to last 8 hours and it only lasted 4, and the benadryl I gave Austin finally kicked in the last hour and a half of the eleven hour flight. The crew was very helpful with helping me on and off the airplane. We got into the airport and had to get our visa. Well, that turned into huge mess. To make a long story short had to be escorted by police through the airport in order to try to pay for my visa. Credit cards weren't working and silly me thought I whould exchange my money before leaving the states for peso's and they wanted american money in Chile. Right outside of the airport was quite interesting.....lots of shacks with broken roofs, burning garbage and lots of packs of dogs. Once we got to the B & B the owner was very nice. Austin and I are in a room shuffle at the moment, won't be in our permanent room till Monday, needless to stay when Bill arrives we will be switching to a new home away from home. Much closer to the clinic and something bigger to fit the three of us. Went exploring With Oula and her son Yussef today. We took a walk to the Marriott to see where Ramon's office was, walked around the mall and the huge area of resteraunts surrounding it. Got to see a Home Depot, Mcdonalds, Ruby Tuesday, TGI Fridays, Tony Roma's just to name a few. Not doing very well on the whole language thing, hopefully it will come with time. That about sums up our first day here. Looking forward to Monday to start therapy, and really looking forward to March 22 when Bill comes in.

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