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When I woke up early this morning, I still felt sleepy. But I had to catch the plane @ 7:58 am to the Chilean capital city of Santiago. My mom and I had a quick breakfast at the bar. We took a hotel shuttle van and rushed to Rapa Nui Intl. Airport (IPC) on Easter Island. I couldn't believe my eyes. The airport was so delicate that the plane seemed to have the same size as its building! Why didn't I realize the fact as I arrived three days ago? Was I too excited to notice it? How come my mom never mentioned it?

As we checked in and passed through the security, I wondered how many planes had landed there to fit such a tiny Polynesian cultural hub. When I was finally past the checking point, I looked out the window and did not surprise to see that our plane was the only one in the entire airport.

On the plane, I immediately started to take advantage and select the free movies only on LAN Airlines. I watched "Cars 2" and "Diary of the Wimpy Kid" in front of me during a five-hour flight. I really preferred "Diary of the Wimpy Kid" to "Cars 2" because it's hilarious and historically funny.

After a bumpy landing, we hired a taxi driver to drop us off in our hotel. The ride took long from the suburb of Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL) to the city center, but I did not even feel so bored. The street scenes showed off the beauty of Baroque, neo-classical, Victorian, and native architectures in a unique snow-capped Andes style, which well correlated to what I learned from my piano lesson. It made me understand how music flew into architecture in gorgeous, elegant, romantic, and contemporary expression. No wonder why architecture is music frozen in place, while music is architecture frozen in time.

A disaster struck us. The sky turned gloomy and it began to rain heavily. So we were kidnapped inside the hotel! I wish that the pouring rain would stop soon.

【红霞译文】

早上醒来，我仍然睡眼惺忪，可是我必须抓紧时间，为了赶乘上午七点五十八分飞往智利首都圣地亚哥的航班。妈妈和我简单地在下榻酒吧吃了点早餐，然后由专车送至复活节岛国际机场，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛，机场秀气得就像一座大楼！三天前刚刚抵达这里的时候，我怎么一点没有觉察？莫非我有眼不识泰山？然而，妈妈一声不吭，难到她有耳不闻雷霆?

办好登机手续，通过安全检查，我开始打量这个堪称太平洋群岛文化枢纽的机场到底能容纳多少架飞机。走出海关，我使劲向窗外张望，结果不出所料，除了我们的飞机，机场空空如也。

飞机上我顾不得眨巴眼睛，全神贯注紧盯座前脑袋大小的屏幕，这年头免费提供影视游戏娱乐的航线屈指可数，智利航空公司如此慷慨大方，真比天上掉下的馅饼还要实惠过瘾。五个小时空中飞行，我一口气拿下两部影片，《小屁孩日记》比《汽车总动员》续集更好看，主要因为内容风趣情节逗乐。

飞机像跟谁过意不去似的狠劲地着了陆，我们旋即打的直奔酒店，从郊区圣地亚哥国际机场到市中心路途很长，不过我丝毫没有无聊之意。道路两旁的街景十分特别，巴洛克、新古典、维多利亚、当地民族建筑活脱脱展示出白雪皑皑的安第斯山脉风情，散发着音乐旋律中华丽、优雅、浪漫、现代气息，正如我从钢琴演奏上学习的艺术表现力那样，难怪建筑是凝固的音乐，音乐就是流动的建筑。

天气恶晦气到，窗外大雨倾盆，我们干脆被绑架在酒店里面动弹不得！真希望雨过天晴的时刻尽早来临。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2009: 新西兰萤火虫水洞(Waitomo Cave, NZ)

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