Road to Rio Day #6 “Travel Day, Yawn”

by reissmd, posted in Uncategorized

Today was a travel day. We left our hotel shortly after 9 AM escorted by our driver, Mariano, from our first 3 days in Buenos Aires.  We have been incredibly impressed by the efficiency of our tour guides. Everyone has been very prompt, helpful and friendly.

We were taken to El Calafate via Aerolineas Argentina.  It was a 3 hour flight in very cramped quarters.  Luckily we had an empty seat next to us allowing some stretching that would otherwise be impossible.

The flight was relatively smooth and after landing they announced (in Spanish) that we had arrived safely in El Calafate at which point almost the entire cabin of people started to applaud.  Possibly, making it to your destination is an Argentinian rarity worthy of an ovation?
As has become our expectation we were greeted by our guide, Martin, and driver, Lucas, immediately upon leaving El Calafate airport baggage claim (a guy could get use to this) and they oriented us to our itinerary on our way to the hotel.  The hotel is another beautiful facility with amazing staff but it is a bit of a walk from the town’s main area of activity.  That shouldn’t be much of a problem and might help us sleep.
I was up late trying to watch the USC-ASU football game by linking my netbook with my office computer and the Watch ESPN website.  It was great in theory but things didn’t work out so well.  I am happy to report that I was wrong with my prediction and the Trojans won.
Tomorrow we need to board a bus at 7:30.  I needed to get some sleep so decided to get in some training for tomorrow (see below).   The hotel obviously wants us to be able to sleep so provided us a few pillows (see below).  In addition to those on the bed there are two more in the closet.
I know this was a boring entry but after all this blog is only intended to inform my mom that her baby is still alive.  Mama, I am still with us.
I hope to have some more exciting information tomorrow.
Hasta luego,
Roberto
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5 thoughts on “Road to Rio Day #6 “Travel Day, Yawn””

  2. Nice. Looks like the Ritz.     Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. From: Robert Reiss Travel Blog and Other RamblingsSent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 7:07 PMTo: fantman@kleenkraftservices.comReply To: Robert Reiss Travel Blog and Other RamblingsSubject: [New post] Road to Rio Day #6 “Travel Day, Yawn”

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    reissmd posted: “Today was a travel day. We left our hotel shortly after 9 AM escorted by our driver, Mariano, from our first 3 days in Buenos Aires.  We have been incredibly impressed by the efficiency of our tour guides. Everyone has been very prompt, helpful and friend”

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  4. This wasn’t boring, I enjoyed it. ( I binge read your emails btw) It sounds like you’re having so much fun, which I am really happy to hear. You are such a great writer UR. As far as my rambling goes, I am going to get my coffee and read the rest of your post. I am excited your are going to Iguazu next. Oh, you have missed nothing but heat and humidity here. Love Stef

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