Ecuador 7/1/2015 - 7/6/2015 |
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Monday 7/6/2015 - DepartureWe woke up at 7:30 a.m. There was still no water today, so no showers before heading home. We went out around 8:00 o'clock. Abuelita was eating breakfast in her outdoor kitchen. Sisa was already awake. We had crepes with raspberry filling, empanadas with bananas inside, juice, and coffeeSisa licked her breakfast plate clean, and Rosa joked that without water, this is how they now do the dishes. Shina woke up but seemed tired. Yupanqui woke up and was cranky. He had slept poorly and was sad that we were leaving. It is always hard to leave the kids; they always want us to stay and it always seems too long between visits. At these ages, the kids change really quickly. A pickup truck arrived and we left at 10:05 a.m. with Yupanqui and Antonio in the front seat and Rosa and Sisa in the back seat with us. We got to the airport in an hour and 40 minutes. We said goodbye and Yupanqui got sad again and didn't want to look up for the photo that I took. We waved bye and blew kisses as they drove away. We checked in and ordered a wheelchair so that it would be ready for Craig when we arrived in Miami. We went through security and immigration. We got lunch: Craig had a traditional sandwich at Fly Chicken Fly (breast meat with cheese and bacon) and I got a slice of mixto pizza at Pizza Famiglia. We went to the Tikuna gift shop and they had Pope merchandise so I bought two photo magnets and two postcards. I wanted to capture the zeitgeist. I also went to Republica del Cacao to buy some chocolate. Then it was 1:05 p.m. and boarding was starting an hour before the flight. We had nobody in the seat between us and took off at 1:45 p.m., 20 minutes early. We saw the Pope's red carpet area and flags through the plane window as we taxied to the runway. We landed in Miami at around 7:30 p.m., and had approximately 90 minutes for our connection. The wheelchair worked out fine and we made it to our gate in time for boarding. We took off around 9 p.m., arriving in Boston shortly after midnight. |
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