Well, we made it with relativley few set backs.
I left KC about an hour later than I intended to thinking I would just sleep "another 10 minutes" which of course turned into 45 minutes. In true Raquel fashion I showed up to the airport about 45 minutes before my flight was scheduled to leave- I checked my luggage and immediately boarded the plane. Maybe I've outsmarted TSA and figured out that it is completely uneccesary to show up 2 hours early. Maybe I like flirting with disaster. Maybe I'm bad with timelines. Maybe all 3.
After a day in Houston and some amazing breakfast tacos I made my way to Buenos Aires. We (my associate Kyle and I) had to switch airports when we landed and were treated to a 30 minutewhirlwind tour of one of my favorite cities in the world. The view isn't quite as lindo through a dusty taxi window.
We arrived in Asuncion yeterday afternoon to my favortite kind of weather- pleasant. We have been busy exploring the city and meeting with contacts. Today was an especially productive as we met with the director (and his assistant) of Paraguay's largest newspaper- ABC Color- were interviewed and had our picture taken for the paper (the VIP Corner I hope), and toured the US Embassy.
My experimentation with vegeterianism is all but over as carne is about the only thing on any menu in this country. Hope my stomach doesn't mind.
Enjoy the hot weather, suckers. I'm going to bed.
