The long road to Valdivia

And it really was. We left this morning, late I might add, to the airport. Never listen to anyone who says you only need to be there an hour early for national flights. Not true. When we got there we couldn't get our boarding passes so we were late getting into the line which was super long. Anyway by the time we got through the line we had to run to the gate and we made it there right before they started boarding (Okay we might have had time to get coffee).

The plane ride was really short and comfortable. We stopped Osorno to drop people off and then continued on to Valdivia. Mom got to sit by this really cool (sleezy) guy who propositioned her the whole way. We landed and got onto a bus that took us to our hostel (Mom thought that "hostel" meant "hotel" in spanish). We met this guy on the bus (any American is my best friend right now). He ended up being a professor at the university I'm going to be at. He gave us names of some good hotels and places to eat and asked me about school and what not. We exchanged emails and he said he'd send me some contacts of english speakers at the school so that was nice.

The bus dropped us off and the hostel.It was ok for a hostel I guess. Unfortunately it had no heat. We left our stuff there and went to find food. We went to McDonalds (lame, I know but by we hadn't eaten all day and it was something familiar). Unfortunately there was something else familiar in McDonalds (mom's proposition guy), luckily his back was to us so he didn't see us. There was also a clown there. By this time we were tired, hungry and grumpy and not in the mood for a clown. He made us both balloon animals before he left us alone.

After that we went looking for a hotel (call us stuck up Americans but all we wanted was comfort. And room service. That's when the tsunami started. Okay maybe it wasn't a tsunami but it was pretty close. We got soaked within seconds and the wind was so strong that mom almost got blown into the street. We finally found a hotel (one that the professor had recommended) and got our stuff moved. I got right into the bathtub because I was soaked and cold. I'm hoping tomorrow will be better. It's not that I wasn't prepared for rain, but it's hard to figure out a new place when you can't go outside without getting blown away (literally).

Anyway, I meet my host family on Friday so I'll keep everyone updated! Ciao!