Bon Voyage!

Hello!  I am sitting here in the Miami Airport with Dr. Rice and several of the grad students, including Walker, Janice, Sarah, Lisa, Steve, and John.  We have been enjoying the restaurants of the Miami airport during our 4-hour layover.  Most of us were up very early in the morning to make it to JFK by 8am.  We will arrive in Quito at 10:35 tonight, and I'm sure we'll be exhausted!  We are definitely looking forward to the amazing Ecuadorian food that Angie has promised us.  It is difficult to believe that the moment has finally arrived, after all of the hard work that we have done.  You can look forward to hearing about rehearsals, sight-seeing, recording, and performing in the 9 days to come.  Stay tuned for exciting updates!

- Penny

PS  Dr. Rice suggested I add a link to the website, in case you don't know what this trip is about: http://www.music.uconn.edu/Ensembles/Collegium/upcomingevents.htm  and he says, "Hi!" to the Blogosphere.