I didn’t sleep at all on
Thursday night. I had to be at the airport at 2:00 am since my flight was at
5:00am and it is recommended you arrive 3 hours before an international flight…
I was anxious that I wouldn’t wake up to my alarm, so I didn’t fall asleep.
Matthew took a nap so that he would be able to drive me there and home safely.
I said goodbye to him at
the airport, gathered my bags and headed into the airport, only to find out
that the United Check-In area was closed until 3:45. Although, they require
bags to be checked in an hour before international flights, they were not going
to open much before the deadline.
Of course, that put me on
edge a bit since I knew that I wouldn’t have much time to check-in, turn in my
bag, and get through security before boarding began. Needless to say, I had no
time to rest at the airport, and ended up being the one that started the line
for check-in.
Thankfully, they started a
little early, and I ran over to one of the machines to get my baggage tag since
they wouldn’t do it at the counter, so I was first to turn in my bag and head
off to security. The line at security wasn’t too long so I made it to my gate
with about 20 minutes to spare before boarding started.
I didn’t get much sleep on
the flight from Seattle to Houston, but was glad I ordered a meal a couple days
before since that is the only way you could get food on this flight was to
pre-order. I did start watching the Harry Potter series since my co-worker is a
fanatic of Harry Potter so I thought I would give it a try. I watched the first
one on this flight and it wasn’t what I expected… it was pretty good, so I
decided to continue with the series.
The layover in Houston
wasn’t super long. I did have time to get something to drink at Orange Julius
and then find my gate. I had a short wait before boarding my next flight so
took the opportunity to charge my devices/external battery. By then, I was
pretty tired but didn’t want to fall asleep and miss the plane. The flight from
Houston to Bogota, Colombia was not very comfortable, but I was tired, so after
eating breakfast, I ended up falling asleep towards the end of the second Harry
Potter movie for a couple hours.
When I arrived in Bogota, I
found my next gate and then decided to buy a souvenir since I didn’t know if I
would ever be back in Colombia. I watched a little bit of the World Cup and
then boarded the next flight. I was exhausted since it was my second night of
traveling, so I ate my sandwich and then crashed. Thankfully, the plane was a
lot more comfortable, and I had a window seat and no one next to me. I slept
about four hours on this flight.
I arrived in Buenos Aires
and had to go through immigration, then retrieve all my luggage and go through
security to enter the country. There was quite a line at Aerolineas Argentina
for the national flights where I needed to wait to turn in my luggage for the
last part of the trip. By the time I handed over my baggage I didn’t have much
time left, so I went through security, found something to eat quickly, and
headed to my gate. My gate ended up changing and the guy I was talking to let
me know so I didn’t get left behind. I boarded the plane, and after greeting
the lady sitting next to me, closed my eyes and fell asleep for the entire two
hours to Catamarca. Thankfully, Maxi was waiting for me at the airport, and it
didn’t take long for the luggage to arrive.
My first day in Catamarca
was extremely busy. Maxi dropped me off at Carolina’s where I visited for
awhile. Then we headed over to where Sole was preparing for the Baby Shower so
I could see her. I went back to Carolina’s for lunch and a very short nap
before heading to Mauricio’s wife (Loa’s) Baby Shower for their son Timoteo. I
spent the evening visiting with friends and family I had not seen in 9 years,
drinking mate and eating good food. Their baby showers are a lot different than
ours. They rented a place, had a ton of food, games, music, for men and women
alike. It was like ours on steroids.
Zoe & Emma...
After the baby shower
ended, we headed back to Mauricio’s house where we continued to eat and watch
the Argentina World Cup game. After the first half, everyone headed to their
own houses to watch the second half, so I headed to Carolina and Leandro’s
where we watched Argentina win the game. I was exhausted so it didn’t take me
long to fall asleep after the game was over.
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