I've made it! Minor travel delays, lots of inflight movies, and a few connections to get here, but all is well! The taxi ride from the airport to the center of town (Cathedral Square) brought me a glimpse of a town that seems just like the States -- but idealized in so many ways. Gingerbread houses line the perfectly manicured emerald green boulevards. Joggers pass parks with children playing rugby... No sighting of the mountains yet. My hotel (Hotel SO) is right in the center of town. Very nice, very funky -- like a backpackers' version of the W Hotel. Worked out in their gym as soon as I got here (around 12:30pm local time), and now typing away on one of 4 Apples set up for guests. After cleaning up a bit (NEEDED that after
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