We had a really smooth trip today. As the flight attendant said "as long as everyone makes it safely to their destination, it was a good flight". (Very true, but it would have been better if our overhead lights and the audio to the TV were working!) It really was a great day of travel...then we landed in Santiago and were heading through customs and Kimmy was stopped for having dos manzanas en el bolsa (two apples in her bag). It did hold us up in the airport for about 45 minutes, but the security and office people were really nice, and even waved a fine of $110,750 Chilean Pesos ($250 USD). Those would have been some expensive apples.
Just as we were told, a car was waiting for us outside the airport and our names were flashing on the screen in the TransVP booth. We hopped right in and were dropped at #744 Mojitas, downtown Santiago.
Andrea, the woman in charge of this whole program, was downstairs in the lobby of our apartment building waiting for us. She greeted Kimmy and I with "I was assuming the two girls with the huge suitcases were who I was looking for". She's really sweet and I'm so glad we have her to depend on.
She took us up to our apartment, which is adorable and if Kimmy and I were to have picked out an apartment for ourselves it would look just like this. 2 bed/2bath (even though we slept together last night, I mean...it is the first night) and more hot water than we have at home! Best of all it's up on the 26th floor and has a panoramic view of Santiago, including the Andes mountains!
We woke up to a beautiful, sunny day with nothing on the agenda. We're going to check out where our Spanish school is, the fruit and veggie markets, and explore a little. The rest of the weekend is really just to explore, socialize, and relax which is exactly what we'll be doing.
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