I left Saturday afternoon on August 22nd and arrived Sunday August 23rd. LGA airport was of course confusing and even though I had an e-ticket I still had to wait in a line for about an hour because one of my bags were oversized and because the e-ticket machine was being annoying. Anyway when I got to the desk the attendant at the counter said that it was possible that my 3:05pm flight to Dallas would be cancelled so he put me on an earlier flight. (better for me since the travel agent suggested I arrive at LGA airport 3hrs before my flight leaves. clearly not an experienced traveller.) The flight went smoothly and arrived on time. Only a 4hr flight about. Once arriving in Dallas, I wandered the airport a bit because I had 5hrs and even attempted to go to the Admirals Club...no such luck getting in. Eventually, I wandered towards my gate/terminal which was about a 10 minute airtran ride. At gate D25 there were about 7 other outbound Chilean exchange students. We all chatted talking about the "pre-preparation" for the chile trip and what we all had to do. With in our group there were a few girls from Ohio, on boy from North Carolina, a girl from Pennsylvania, a girl from Iowa, Wyoming, 2 students from Massachusetts, one from New Hampshire and a girl from California. So we all were from all over the US. A few of us had flown before and a few who had not travelled as much. The plane ride was not that bad...even though it was a 9 and a half hour flight it went by pretty fast. Arriving at the Santiago Airport in Chile was a great feeling...finally, the moment I had been waiting for since December 2008 after hearing I was going to be going to Chile. I went through customs and immigration smoothly. Walking out of the actually airport section and into the arrival area where people are always standing was great. All of our families were standing there with signs, posters and cameras waiting for us. They were all very excited upon our arrival. My home was about a 20/30 minute ride from the airport. We drove through the city so I got a brief tour.
O and I think I forgot to mention that it is FREEZING here haha
chao!
ps. here is the link for the arrival photos
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