Safe Arrival

After 2 delayed flights, a landing in the wrong city due to fog in Quito, and an hour circling the airport in the air waiting for that fog to clear, my flight finally landed in Quito at 4am this morning...only 5 hours late! When I made it through the immigration and customs lines an hour later, my host mom, Maqui, and her daughters Karina and Melissa were waiting with hugs and kisses. What good sports! They had been at the airport since 10pm and didn´t see me until 5am. I am grateful for a safe arrival, even though the trip took a bit longer than anticipated.

Today and tomorrow are Orientation with the BC group (there are 17 of us) and our on-site coordinator, Amanda. This city is SO beautiful. The campus of USFQ looks much more like a resort than a University. I think I can get used to this :)

I won´t have as much internet access at night as I´m used to, so if it takes me a few days to get back to e-mails, don´t get upset. I´m going to work in finding time for Skype once I start classes and figure out what´s going on. Now it´s time to catch up on sleep and get ready for another beautiful day in Cumbaya tomorrow. Ciao!