The flights were fantastic: 1 hour to Houston and 3 1/2 hours from Houston to San Jose. Customs was a breeze. I'll want to make sure to go over the immigration forms with the kids before we leave just so they will be able to fill them out by themselves on the plane.
Right when we walked out with our baggage there were many people holding up signs for various companies. Someone spotted our lime green World Strides tags or the tags around our necks and directed us towards the bus. From there, Toni took over. He was taking roll and getting everybody's bags loaded. Once on the bus, he stood up and welcomed everybody and gave a quick overview of what we were going to do once we arrive at the hotel. It was so nice to see someone take charge!
At the hotel they handed us our room key, we took our bags to the room, then we got together for a late dinner, a buffet set up just for World Strides travelers. The food was fabulous and so was our room. There was a kitchen, 2 bedrooms and air-conditioning (have to tell the kids how to set the air-conditioner using celsius). It would have been great to have internet access in the room and have everyone contact their contacts with my computer, but I understand there is a charge. I may just want to go ahead and have them charge the room just so everyone will be able to call home or send a message (Magic Jack). If not, well, there is free wifi in the restaurant in the morning and everyone can call home very early in the morning!
I'll have pictures and video up as soon as I can manage it!
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