Wow, what a long day of travel - but without a hitch anywhere. We had to scurry along pretty quickly in Atlanta to make our connection, but the luggage made it and so did we. (Our fight from La Guardia took off late for...I don´t remember why.) The train that takes you from Gates A to Gates E in Atlanta is SUPER fast. And the flight to Quito took off a mere 15 minutes late, and we arrived safe and sound about 9:45. Immeidately hired two vans to take us to the hotel, where the students were all very pleased with the accommodations. I was hungry, and volunteered to take anyone who wanted to go out to forage for food (it was 11:30 at that point). Shyam wanted to go, as did Matt. And Matt, and Laurie. And Hannah. Megan, too. And Emily. And the other Emily. And Sarah. And Jen. And Kaitlan. So, everybody, I guess.
We found a restaurant (thanks to students asking policemen directions) where there was live music 10:00 to 12:00, though it was too crowded inside to fit. We had to sit in the courtyard and listen from there. Lots of good observations were made by the students, about clothing, mannerisms, the demeanor of the people, traffic...Good stuff all around.
Great frst day, off to bed. All is well! Look for emails and phone calls from the wee ones tomorrow!
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so pleased all arrived safe and happy. sounds very south american already - late night dinner and music..... one small favor for a mommy out here, could you refer to emily eder as ee or emray or something else since I can't tell to whom you are referring simply by "the other emily" ? otherwise - thanks for keeping us posted.
Certainly - had it been anything other than a generic list of names, I would have done.
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