Monday, September 16, 2013

We have arrived

After about 30 hours of travel, we are happily settled into our temporary apartment.  It is in Nueva Cordoba and seems to have a lot around.   It should be an exciting week wandering around and looking for our own place.

Liam was a champ during the journey here.  He slept during take off and most of the flight from Boston to Miami, had fun there during our extended layover (thanks thunder and lightening with heavy rains) and then slept pretty much the entire overnight flight from Miami to Santiago.   We had a fairly long layover in Santiago and he cruised around the terminal entertaining people.  Quick flight from Santiago to Cordoba and he only started to get annoyed during the descent because he wanted OUT of his car seat.

We were the only flight landing in that terminal, so we flew through the passport check...and then our luck turned for the worst.  While in Boston, we found out our flight to Miami was delayed significantly.  Since we were at the airport so early, we were easily able to change our flight and were assured that our EIGHT pieces of luggage, including Bill's desktop, would be transferred to our new flight.  So, we wait at the baggage claim and notice our entire flight has already picked up their bags and has moved to Customs. The conveyor belt is empty except for a lonely blue suitcase going around and around and around.  Turns out, our bags were never moved to the new flight.  Actually, we aren't really sure what happened to our bags since the area we were didn't have access to a computer.  I'm hoping/assuming that they will be here tomorrow or the next day.  Thankfully the head jefe at the customs area agreed to bring our bags directly to us, vs us having to go back to the airport.

So now Liam is sleeping in his car seat since his pack and play was checked at Logan.  At least he is used to it by now.   Bill is out getting some empanadas and wine.  Tomorrow, we shall explore and look like out of place tourists  in sandals and short sleeves because to them, 50 degrees means scarves and hats :)  At least Liam will be nice and warm thanks to Bill's wonderful friend and husband who met us at the terminal, and when they realized our luggage had not arrived they went home, picked up some of their daughter's old clothes, and brought them to our place.

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