We are sitting on the plane in santiago waiting for takeoff. We made it safely yo santiago on the train, albeit with quite a bit of noise on the train-a lot of families.
Lots of mountains in Chile. This is the best shot of one I could get from the train.
We arrived at the train station and took the subway to a bus station. We didn't even know that Santiago had a subway! It was quick and clean and no problem. At the subway stop, we caught a bus to the airport with no problem.
The airport checkin was quick with no problems. Security was quick as well.
For those that won't get enough shopping during the trip, there we're plenty of shopping of options in the terminal after going through to the gates. For those that are missing home, they even had a starbucks (for Danielle) and a dunkin donuts!
Tito went to the counter right before we were to board and asked how full the flight was and it is abou 50 percent full. So, he asked if we could get each get one of the empty rows so we could stretch out. The agent did and said he blocked the other seats so no one could sit next to us. Here's hoping that he did!!
One last annoying item: after you give them your boarding card and head down the jetway, THEN they go through your carry on luggage and check for items. And, apparently depending on the person, take your water away!! I had just bought two bottles of (expensive) water and the guy confiscated them. However, the gal didn't take Titos. Very annoying.
Well, another 10 hours and we'll be in Atlanta if all goes well.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
We arrived at the train station and took the subway to a bus station. We didn't even know that Santiago had a subway! It was quick and clean and no problem. At the subway stop, we caught a bus to the airport with no problem.
The airport checkin was quick with no problems. Security was quick as well.
For those that won't get enough shopping during the trip, there we're plenty of shopping of options in the terminal after going through to the gates. For those that are missing home, they even had a starbucks (for Danielle) and a dunkin donuts!
Tito went to the counter right before we were to board and asked how full the flight was and it is abou 50 percent full. So, he asked if we could get each get one of the empty rows so we could stretch out. The agent did and said he blocked the other seats so no one could sit next to us. Here's hoping that he did!!
One last annoying item: after you give them your boarding card and head down the jetway, THEN they go through your carry on luggage and check for items. And, apparently depending on the person, take your water away!! I had just bought two bottles of (expensive) water and the guy confiscated them. However, the gal didn't take Titos. Very annoying.
Well, another 10 hours and we'll be in Atlanta if all goes well.
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
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