so this morning i rose and shone at about 5 am. it was a hard start-but had to be done. my friend lisa was kind enough to take me to the airport in the morning before her leaving for work-so an out of the house by 6:30 was in order. totally do-able-after a quick shower and some serious coffee (thanks lisa!)

so i got to the airport with time to spare-which was good since i didn’t want to feel rushed (flight left at 8:10). the plan was, fly from boston to ft. lauderdale, then have my dad pick me up so he can drive me to the miami int’l airport to make my flight to colombia the left at 3:40pm. and everything went as planned. it was nice to see my dad today-especially since it was his birthday. when we got to the mia airport he hung out with david and i (camilo’s brother) till it was time for us to head to our gate. one we took off of miami, i saw views of miami beach i hadn’t seen in a long while. what a beautiful day it was here in miami, and to see the beach-the white sand, clear blue waters… i tried to do my best to capture this from the airplane.

so here i am, finally arrived in medellin, colombia at about 8pm or so (really it’s 7pm here, colombia seems to be running an hour behind maimi/boston time). camilo and our friend adriana were at the airport waiting for us to get us and bring us to the apt we’re staying in. we regrouped with camilo’s parents, had a round of beers and decided to step out and grab some colombian empanadas… yummy, my fav! they are tiny little potato filled corn pockets (something like that, i’ll double check the ingredients tomorrow) …and with a little lemon squeeze on top-perfect! one thing i need to make sure while i’m here is to not over eat. speaking of overeating… there are so many beautiful women here! it’s somewhat intimidating really (all of which are definitly not overeatting). even from when we were at the airport in miami, it’s like pretty girl central! yessh. so, in an attempt to counter weight the eating i might be doing, i’ll be joining david in his daily workouts( hopefully anyway-we’ll see)…

as for tomorrow-i’m not sure whats going on yet. as far asi’m concerned i’m cranky and tired… this is where i stop now. till tomorrow (i hope!)