I never seem to have the best of luck with my travel plans, so I was a little nervous at the airport on Saturday morning. Then my flight to Chicago was canceled and my stomach tightened and I started having flashbacks to tears and begging airport desk assistants to get me on a flight to Japan. However, things worked out just fine, if not better than I hoped!
I ended up going through Denver before Toronto (I waved to the Seamans' and looked for the Diablo Bucking Bronco, but it wasn't night, so no luck). I ended up getting a free sandwich and snack and sitting next to an old man from Chile who spoke no English. The second he realized I spoke Spanish, we started talking. Talk about throwing myself into it right away! He was impressed with my skills though and told me about his family in Chile, Spain, living in Oregon, and his "mala, mala, mala nieta." We also played a little game where he pointed to things in a magazine and I named them in Spanish. It was nice because I was able to help him get through customs and stuff in Toronto, where the only languages they have are French and English.
Everything else went pretty smoothly, except...my luggage is lost. I kind of expected it with all these crazy connections and changes, but I hope it gets in soon and I can pick it up. Right now I'm a little chilly, but it's a lot warmer than the Midwest! Josiah said he never saw snow when he was here, but there is kind of a lot of it and I think the Spaniards are really excited. Lots of kids squealing in the park and throwing snowballs.
Tomorrow I'm going to take a placement test and meet my family! I'm not too worried about the placement test, after talking to old men, tourist information booth people, airport luggage handlers, and random people on the street.
In case anyone wants to send my love packages or just Google Earth where I am, my address is:
Plaza de
33013 – Oviedo, Espana
I'm glad to be here in our hotel hanging out with some girls from my class.
Hasta luego! Besos y abrazos!
Don't get too excited since I don't have anything planned to send to you at this time, but I just wanted to be extra clear that if I put this...
ReplyDeleteKate Elahi
Plaza de la Liberación 2, 3º
33013 – Oviedo, Espana
on a piece of mail or a UPS package that originates in the US, it would get to you (i.e. I don't need to put Spain instead of Espana?)
- Jeffrey Arthur Lentz
P.S. I guess I set Arthur as my google account screen name...