I arrived a little before 11am in Cordoba today. With the exception of the worrisome delay from Austin to Dallas, everything else went very smoothly. Luckily, I was able to sleep most of the long flight from Dallas to Santiago (9 hours).

Veronica (local CDS Argentina Rep) was at the airport to guide myself and two other team members, Gina and A.J., back to the hotel. Gina speaks fluent Spanish, and I spent most of the taxi ride trying to understand her conversation with the driver. Many of the other team members had already arrived, so there was a bit of a welcoming committee in the lobby. They were headed out for a bite to eat, so the three of us checked in, dropped our stuff in our rooms, and headed back downstairs.

The weather in Cordoba was beautiful today, around high 60s and sunny. Jessi, our team’s CDS program coordinator from DC, led us on a nice walk through the city to a café. It was a bit of a slow lunch, but gave us a great opportunity to chat and get to know one another. By the time we got back to the hotel, the two remaining team members, Edwin and Henk, were close to arriving, so Roman and I stayed down in the hotel with Jessi to welcome them.

I just finally made it back up to my room now, around 6pm, to unpack and get settled in. Here’s a link to some good pictures Roman posted of our rooms at the King David Flat Hotel.

Small success today: I managed to ask for more hangers in Spanish.

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