The adventure has begun. We departed Vancouver a few minutes late and had a very smooth flight to Toronto. We had a two hour stopover in Toronto so we were able to help Cathy celebrate her 18th birthday. Last year on her birthday she was on a ferry traveling from Athens, Greece to Venice, Italy. The flight from Toronto departed about one hour late and was a very enjoyable flight until we flew over the Gulf of Mexico when we started running into air turbulence which continued on and off until we got back over land again. We landed in Santiago, Chile and had to de-plane, go through security again and then back on the plane. Whereas the flight from Toronto was full, the portion from Santiago to Buenos Aires (2 hours) was half full so
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