What's up?
I'm doing a pretty bad job at letting you all know what exactly I'm doing over here.
A basic day consists of going to class, doing homework (**more on this later), practicing guitar, and chatting with the fam and friends. Often groups of we gringos decide to go explore a street or hill in the city and see what there is to see. Often there is not much to see but artistic graffiti, run down houses, and trash. Sounds kinda ugly but it has a certain charm to it, actually. Maybe because of all the stray dogs and cats, beggars, and ocean view? haha I'm not representing this place very well. We typically eat our evening meal at 8:30 and then spend the rest of the evening chatting. Diego has been teaching me guitar as well as about my own culture's music and tv/youtube shows. He's constantly amazed at my ignorance :p Therefore, he gives me homework. We're talking legit homework. I have like ten pages of almost 100 bands for whom I have to find and list certain information. His is probably my most demanding class! ;) JK. but really...It's given me the most homework so far! We end up staying awake late into the night. Something that continues to amaze most of us gringos - When do Chileans sleep? How do they survive barely eating?
Some other activities include stair painting on Saturdays with my host mom (see photo--host mom is on the right), fruit markets, beach trips, mall trips, youth group, and church.
While Mom and Dad were here we traveled to Mendoza, Argentina (really I just wanted another country on my list, another stamp in my passport!) and go to go rafting, paragliding, and visit cool plazas and such. The meat was terrible...apparently we pick the worst restaurants. But shouldn't all the restaurants have at least EDIBLE meat? seriously. We also visited Polmaire (which i affectionately refer to as claypottown), Isla Negra, and Con Con. All little touristy towns within about an hour's drive. Yes they rented a car. Yes they are crazy. No, somehow we didn't die!
This week is Semana Santa! And I am heading with my pension mate to his house in Calama -- the north of Chile in the Atacama desert (driest in the world!). We'll visit San Pedro and surf on the dunes as well as chill out with his family and practice my Spanish ;)
I'm doing a pretty bad job at letting you all know what exactly I'm doing over here.
A basic day consists of going to class, doing homework (**more on this later), practicing guitar, and chatting with the fam and friends. Often groups of we gringos decide to go explore a street or hill in the city and see what there is to see. Often there is not much to see but artistic graffiti, run down houses, and trash. Sounds kinda ugly but it has a certain charm to it, actually. Maybe because of all the stray dogs and cats, beggars, and ocean view? haha I'm not representing this place very well. We typically eat our evening meal at 8:30 and then spend the rest of the evening chatting. Diego has been teaching me guitar as well as about my own culture's music and tv/youtube shows. He's constantly amazed at my ignorance :p Therefore, he gives me homework. We're talking legit homework. I have like ten pages of almost 100 bands for whom I have to find and list certain information. His is probably my most demanding class! ;) JK. but really...It's given me the most homework so far! We end up staying awake late into the night. Something that continues to amaze most of us gringos - When do Chileans sleep? How do they survive barely eating?
Some other activities include stair painting on Saturdays with my host mom (see photo--host mom is on the right), fruit markets, beach trips, mall trips, youth group, and church.
While Mom and Dad were here we traveled to Mendoza, Argentina (really I just wanted another country on my list, another stamp in my passport!) and go to go rafting, paragliding, and visit cool plazas and such. The meat was terrible...apparently we pick the worst restaurants. But shouldn't all the restaurants have at least EDIBLE meat? seriously. We also visited Polmaire (which i affectionately refer to as claypottown), Isla Negra, and Con Con. All little touristy towns within about an hour's drive. Yes they rented a car. Yes they are crazy. No, somehow we didn't die!This week is Semana Santa! And I am heading with my pension mate to his house in Calama -- the north of Chile in the Atacama desert (driest in the world!). We'll visit San Pedro and surf on the dunes as well as chill out with his family and practice my Spanish ;)
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