So Barbra and Tim are safely on Sth American soil. Arrived in Lima, Peru at 1am in the morning to find out hotel pickup was not there and the hotel was not answering their phone. Fortunately a nice lady waiting for her family helped out and we were able to eventually contact someone and we took a taxi to the hotel.
The only had a twin so this morning we were upgraded free of charge to a higher rated room with a *matrimonial* bed. Double rooms in Sth America are what we call twins and if you want a double bed you have to ask for a matrimonial room. Actually we had figured this out before we left so it was their mistake, hence the upgrade.
In case you are wondering about the asterisks above instead of quote marks, spannish keyboards are something beyond my comprehension. The @ symbol is ALTGR Q and each sentance with a question mark has to start with an upside down one ¿ like that. Same for sentances with exclamation marks¡ So nothing is in the same spot.
Anyway, the new room is ready now so we are off to find a spanish language class.
We presume that Jen, Vonny and Deb are now one their way. Looking forward to seeing them in a few days.
Hasta luego
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Ahh yes... Spanish keyborads - I remember the initial confusion well..
Great to know you have arrived safely - have a Pisco Sour fo me (although that may leave you unsafe for a while!!).
Happy travels.
Grace and Charlotte were wondering if u could say hi to Dora and Diago?!!?? Have fun??!!!
Glad to see you have arrived safely without any more hitches. Let's hope the rest of the trip goes well.
Good to see you are updating. More comments about the area you are visiting, scenery food etc. Also what the weather is like.
Love Mum
Barb, If you send anyone your blog addy make sure you put the right one down. The last one you sent us you missed the amigos bit out.
Love Mum
Just received email from Vonny and they have arrived in Santiago. Went walking to see the statue of the Virgin Mary and are going skiing today and also a winery tour.
Love Mum
Hi Barbra and Tim - didn't know you were heading to Sth America. Are you going to Buenos Aires? We had a week there in August with our son Fraser and his girlfriend before coming home.
Have a wonderful trip! Royce and Owen
Thanks for the book. it will come in very useful.
looking forward to here about everything.
take care
Hey amigos! You've made it at last! Horray. Have you seen any gum trees yet? Please let us know about the food too.
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