Wow I apologize for not posting in awhile but I've been so busy living life I've forgotten to take time to write about it. I've had montanismo expeditions, Colo-Colo games and plenty of good times to share but the biggest news for now is that MOM AND DAD ARE HERE VISITING ME!!
They got here without any problems and we had a good 2 days touring Santiago, I had them following me all through the city, hiking up Cerro San Crístobal (a big hill on the edge of the city) only 3 1/2 hours after they landed! I also showed them Cerro Santa Lucia, the Artisan marketplace near Santa Lucia, the Plaza de Armas, and the National Cathedral. We were also able to have a lovely dinner with some of my closest friends here and share stories abou how much everyone loves me! Haha, not really but in my imagination thats what we talked about.
We're now down in southern Chile, in the northern Patagonia region in a city called Puerto Montt and tomorrow will cross into Bariloche, Argentina for the steak and chocolate (steak for dad, chocolate for mom, both for me =). We´re also planning on visiting the big Island of Chiloé afterwards to see the punguínas. I'll try to update again as soon as I can and will definitely upload photos of this incredible trip!
It's so wonderful to see my parents and be able to share this with them and I'm glad that in some way I can share this with all of you as well.
Cuídense,
Jules
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
week 5
Week of March 31 to April 6
This week of classes went pretty well. It was the first week of my Cultura Chilena class, which is specifically for exchange students so the pace change in the speed of talking is definitely welcome. Sometimes the professor seems to go too slow but I’d rather the class be slow and catch all of it then the other way around.
There was an “Around the world” party at school on Thursday. I had tried to help make the PB&J, M&M cookies and other “USA” treats for our stand; but unfortunately we spent a long time waiting for one of the girls to show up at the metro that I had to get to campus rather than go bake. I did send in some pictures from my trip to the Grand Canyon, a Caps game, and Holidays.
One of my Australian friends had a barbeque at her house where she lives with 5 other international students on saturday night and it was so much fun. I learned how to make guacamole and made my first batch, it turned out quite well if i do say so myself. we had soooo much delicious food that i had to go for a run today to make myself feel better after eating so much. But the bast part was that there were people from four different continents speaking five different languages at least all having a good time hanging out and eating delicious food. I don't have any new pictures since unfortunately my camera broke but possibly it will miraculously start working again, which would be amazing!
This week of classes went pretty well. It was the first week of my Cultura Chilena class, which is specifically for exchange students so the pace change in the speed of talking is definitely welcome. Sometimes the professor seems to go too slow but I’d rather the class be slow and catch all of it then the other way around.
There was an “Around the world” party at school on Thursday. I had tried to help make the PB&J, M&M cookies and other “USA” treats for our stand; but unfortunately we spent a long time waiting for one of the girls to show up at the metro that I had to get to campus rather than go bake. I did send in some pictures from my trip to the Grand Canyon, a Caps game, and Holidays.
One of my Australian friends had a barbeque at her house where she lives with 5 other international students on saturday night and it was so much fun. I learned how to make guacamole and made my first batch, it turned out quite well if i do say so myself. we had soooo much delicious food that i had to go for a run today to make myself feel better after eating so much. But the bast part was that there were people from four different continents speaking five different languages at least all having a good time hanging out and eating delicious food. I don't have any new pictures since unfortunately my camera broke but possibly it will miraculously start working again, which would be amazing!
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