Lesson 1: How to Land a Plane

Hello, World!
I made it to Tegucigalpa!
I started the day by waking up at 4:40 to catch the plane out of Harrisburg by 6:45. We were told that the pilots and crew got in late last night, so they were late for our early flight this morning so they could get a full night's rest. So, I guess that's a good precaution to take! We got to Atlanta only a few minutes later than planned, at which time I made my way to gate E4. I had been informed that there would be others on the same flight to Honduras that would be working at the same school as me, and I found some of them before the flight left (more on that later...). On the flight to Tegucigalpa, there was an assortment of people of various backgrounds. I got to listen to a conversation about religion between a Mennonite and a Franciscan monk.
So Tegucigalpa is surrounded by hills and mountains, so the planes that land at the airport have to make a really tight circle to land on the runway. Apparently this is the second most difficult runway in the world for pilots to land on and they have to go through extensive extra training to be able to fly into Tegucigalpa. I'm kind of glad I didn't know that until after we had landed... But the pilot was a pro! It was a little bumpy and an abrupt stop, but we made it with no loss of life or sanity!
So I was met at the airport by the high school principal of Pinares and we went to eat lunch at a traditional Honduran eatery called McDonald's, I'm not sure if you've heard of it, they don't have it everywhere...
But then we came to the school and got a tour of the campus and got a chance to settle into our apartments and houses.  I'm living in a house with two other guys, we each have our own room, which is nice! We also got a meal prepared by the Honduran cook who makes the food for the school - it was delicious! (I'll have more in-depth blog entries about the house and the food and the school later, don't you fret...)