South America At Last

Finally arrived in Chile! It has been a long and stressful 5 months in preparation for this trip, but we are finally here! Vina del Mar and Valparaiso Chile are first up.

For those of you who don't know, I am the Program Coordinator for Global Enrichment at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. I facilitate and manage the logistics for the Summer programs. Specifically the South America Program this year.

We left Logan at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. June 1, 2011. It has been a whirlwind day of travel with some unexpected bumps, but after 24 hours of travel and 14 hours in the air...overall it was a relatively smooth and successful journey.

We are all happy to be out of the airplane on on solid ground! After a much needed nap we all went out and explored a bit of the city. It is always an adventure making sure everyone can access their money, buy lunch, get bottled water etc. All the universal hurddles of group travel. We walked along the beach in Vina. It was a beautiful day.

It is definitely chilly in Chile! They are entering winter in a couple of weeks. I often wonder why I am trading my Logan summers for South American winter, but then I see a view like this and it makes it all worth it!

After cleaning 2 stores out of bottled water... we walked to the Reloj de Flores. It is a famous flower clock in Vina that was given to the city by the Swiss.

Looking forward to the beginning of the company and university visits tomorrow.

Today was great, life is good!