Thursday, May 28, 2009

Arrival in Loja







Today, we had to wake up at 3:30 AM in order to check out by 4:15. We left the hotel at 4:35 to go to the airport. Our flight was at 6:00 AM. It was a short flight -- only about 45 minutes. When we arrived, the media was waiting to do a live interview. Kenji was the brave one and became the star of the morning news. He spoke in Spanish with the interviewer. Then we had a bus ride to a hotel where we ate breakfast. We had fruit, bread, and eggs -- and some really good, weird juice. Then, we went to the school. As soon as we got there, lots of little kids came to meet us. They were so cute! They all asked our names and attempted to help us with our extremely heavy luggage. We went up on stage and the head of school introduced us to the entire school. Trevor spoke in Spanish to the entire school. They welcomed us and then introduced us to our hosts. We hung out with our hosts for a while during their break. A giant siren goes off to signal the next class. While they were in class, we hung out together in our base room. We'll leave school with our hosts at 1:45 to go to their houses. We've already heard of a huge party tomorrow. We're all excited. Tomorrow, we're going on a walking tour of the city. We're all tired, but having fun.


Nia and Katelyn

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