In Country

So I know I was going to post the next day, obviously that didn't happen. I'm way too tired at night! We walk everywhere in the freezing cold, because we have no car. I'm told if we are "lucky" we'll get our car in two months, but that I should expect it to be through all of the red tape in about four months. Awesome!?! We'll talk more about transportation in another post, including what happened to Lance yesterday. I don't know how many times I said a prayer of thanks that he was okay!

Back to our arrival. I've heard and read that the people here go on strike frequently. Lucky for us, we experienced it before we left the Argentine airport. We deplaned, and made it through customs (which makes it sound really easy haha!), we went to pick up our bags and Cali was sitting in her travel crate by the baggage claim carousel. We ran over and looked inside her crate and jumped for joy that she was still alive!

We were told that not all dogs survive, so it was a huge relief that she made it!

Once we gathered our 28 bags, we went to the animal control area to begin our three hour process of getting Cali into the country.

Surprise! They were on strike. This time it worked in our favor! Because they were all on strike, there was nobody there to go over our paperwork, so we were able to bypass it and walk straight out of the airport with our dog. What a blessing! I was looking forward to the three-hour ordeal after our 11-hour plane ride like I look forward to getting a pap smear.

That's all I am going to post today, so as not to bog everyone down in all the details at once!Tomorrow ... probably ... I will post about either grocery shopping or our house, it will be a surprise!