Waiting for the flight from SLC to Dallas/Fort Worth we were surrounded by young men in black suits with white shirts~ you guessed it...Mormon Missionaries venturing off to change hearts and minds. There must have been 30 new zealous Elders along with 6 young Sisters. They tried to 'share their message' with us, but were unsuccessful. We were however impressed by their grasp of Spanish after only two months in the Missionary Training Center. All of them were also bound for Santiago, Chile.
We volunteered to be bumped actually before the gate agent asked, but alas, we were not chosen to earn $800.00 each to wait a day. My theory is they didn't want to comp tickets to people traveling on free tickets to begin with! Our seats were unfortunately on the last row of the plane, but even that had an upside as the flight attendant gave us free wine for putting up with their chattiness!
Santiago has a colonial center which we explored a bit the day we arrived, yesterday, after a hard nap. We were both feeling the aftereffects on a couple of muscle relaxants that we took to survive the overnight flight. Today we are going to rent bicycles to use while we are here in Santiago so that Keith is more mobile.
Our room is very basic, two beds a desk and closet. It is a hostel setting with two kitchens, dining areas and gardens. There is also a nice sitting room for the 16 occupants, most of whom are Chilean students. Keith calls it a 'flop house', but it was quiet and comfortable for sleeping last night so no complaints here! And, most importantly, the price is right!
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