The first day...

After about 22 hrs of travel time, my feet are now firmly planted on the ground in Santiago. Because my flight out of Denver was delayed, I found myself a little pressed for time when I hit LA even though I had 2 hrs. I had never flown out of the LA airport before and was kind of confused, but after asking around I located the place I needed to be. When I reached the counter to check in for my flight, I discovered that the airline I was using to get from LA to Santiago only lets you have one carryon... so I ended up having to check my other. Ugh! Anyway, I dumped off that bag and continued on to the enormously long line for security. Once cleared, I booked it the remainder of the way to the shuttle bus that took me to the correct loading place for my flight. Wow... it was quite the run around. Thankfully I was able to get a hold of my Dad while on the bus and he in turn was able to call the school here in Santiago to make sure that someone was going to be at the airport to pick me up when I arrived. I´m sooooo glad he did... I could have been standing there for a while.
I don´t yet have any pics, but I am staying in an apartment building on the school campus. As of right now I am the only one staying there. Each of the apartments is equipped with beds and linens and other things that have been left by previous teachers. Thankfully there is gas stove in each of the rooms as well. The drastic change from the hot summer at home to the cold here is a shock to my system!
I have been able to meet some of the teachers and staff here at the school already. Each one has been great. One of them Miss Muriell drove me to the local Lider (grocery store) where I was able to pick up some food and stuff.
Well, I could ramble on for a long time, but I´ll quit for now...