Alice is here!!!!

Alice is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She got here yesterday morning with no glitches in plane schedules and no intimidating situations with airport security. She ate all of her granola bars before going through customs in Santiago just in case.

Yesterday after Pablo and I picked her up at the airport we came back to the apartment, had breakfast, relaxed for a little while, and then set out for a long day of walking around the city. First we went up Cerro San Cristobal. There is a huge pool up there that overlooks the city. We didn't go in but it is really beautiful and I hope to make it there before I leave. We took the funicular down into Bellavista neighborhood and then walked from there to downtown. It was hot and Alice is still acclimating because she came from a colder climate :/ We saw all of the older downtown buildings, including La Moneda (the government palace), and then caught a bus into Providencia to have lunch with Lucy and Nigel. After lunch, we ate some gelato at a new gelato place. Super yummy. That brought us to 6 pm so we headed home for a quick descanso before going over to Pablo and Magda's for snacks and THE BEATLES Guitar Hero(!!!!!!!)

The game is really cool actually. We were all mesmerized by the graphics. AND I got to sing Revolution, A Hard Day's Night, Can't Buy Me Love, Yellow Submarine, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, etc. Alice played some songs for us on the guitar (on Easy, but she was still great). After a long sesh we went home because we were tired after our day of walking in the heat.

Right now we're sitting in the kitchen and we just had my favorite breakfast of shredded apple, yogurt, and granola. We're going to go pack a little bit before heading out for the day. We leave for the South tonight!!!! I won't have my computer while we are down there but I'll post lots of pics and write all about it when we get back!