June 18, 2008 (Wednesday)
Today was the second day of classes and they went pretty well. For lunch, instead of coming home, I went with some other students to a little restaurant around the corner from my university. I am not exactly sure what was on my sandwich as far as the meat was concerned, but it was supposed to be pork. In any event, it had palta (avocado) on it so it tasted pretty good. Palta is served with everything!! I’ve been told that there is even a McPalta at McDonald’s. After lunch, I went on one of the scheduled ISEP tours of the city. We took a “lift” up to a higher vantage point in the city and walked around some historical sights. The views were absolutely lovely! Would be even more so in the summer-I’ll have to come back some day! After the tour I took the metro instead of the bus home.
June 21, 2008 (Saturday)
Well it’s my first Saturday in Chile and I think it is going to be a beautiful day-cold but nice! There are no official scheduled events with ISEP today, so most people are just kind of doing things on their own. Rosemary invited me to go with her, Constanza, and Gabriela to her granddaughter’s birthday this afternoon. We are going to leave here a little after 1:00. The party is about an hour away. They vacation there in the summer.
Thursday night I went out to a club called Scratch. I danced for about two hours, but the first hour was only music I had heard in the States-very disappointing- I do love Madonna and JT, but I was hoping for something a little more “of the region”. This something finally started to play-regatone more or less. Really fun! I left a little after 2:00 am (very early here) and walked back to my house. I won’t be doing that again even though I had someone to walk with.
Last night I went to a tallarinata (a spaghetti dinner) that Constanza organized for the service organization she chairs at her university. We played Bingo for almost 4 hours and I didn’t win anything! The spaghetti was very good though, and I understanding (able to pick out more words) more Spanish every day. Talking is another story. I do have a language partner as of Thursday, however. His name is Jorge, and he speaks English very well even though he doesn’t think so. I have to ask him to repeat almost everything he says to me.
June 26, 2008 (Thursday)
Last weekend was fun. The birthday party was great, and Sophia, Rosemary’s
Today was the second day of classes and they went pretty well. For lunch, instead of coming home, I went with some other students to a little restaurant around the corner from my university. I am not exactly sure what was on my sandwich as far as the meat was concerned, but it was supposed to be pork. In any event, it had palta (avocado) on it so it tasted pretty good. Palta is served with everything!! I’ve been told that there is even a McPalta at McDonald’s. After lunch, I went on one of the scheduled ISEP tours of the city. We took a “lift” up to a higher vantage point in the city and walked around some historical sights. The views were absolutely lovely! Would be even more so in the summer-I’ll have to come back some day! After the tour I took the metro instead of the bus home.
June 21, 2008 (Saturday)
Well it’s my first Saturday in Chile and I think it is going to be a beautiful day-cold but nice! There are no official scheduled events with ISEP today, so most people are just kind of doing things on their own. Rosemary invited me to go with her, Constanza, and Gabriela to her granddaughter’s birthday this afternoon. We are going to leave here a little after 1:00. The party is about an hour away. They vacation there in the summer.
Thursday night I went out to a club called Scratch. I danced for about two hours, but the first hour was only music I had heard in the States-very disappointing- I do love Madonna and JT, but I was hoping for something a little more “of the region”. This something finally started to play-regatone more or less. Really fun! I left a little after 2:00 am (very early here) and walked back to my house. I won’t be doing that again even though I had someone to walk with.
Last night I went to a tallarinata (a spaghetti dinner) that Constanza organized for the service organization she chairs at her university. We played Bingo for almost 4 hours and I didn’t win anything! The spaghetti was very good though, and I understanding (able to pick out more words) more Spanish every day. Talking is another story. I do have a language partner as of Thursday, however. His name is Jorge, and he speaks English very well even though he doesn’t think so. I have to ask him to repeat almost everything he says to me.
June 26, 2008 (Thursday)
Last weekend was fun. The birthday party was great, and Sophia, Rosemary’s
grand
daughter, has incorporated me into her family. I am learning Spanish from a 3 year old!!
daughter, has incorporated me into her family. I am learning Spanish from a 3 year old!!Monday I went for my first run in Chile. Tori and I ran from our neighborhood, Mira Flores, to the ocean, and then along the promenade up from the coast and back. The view was so incredibly amazing! Running alongside the Pacific Ocean, looking at the sun on the water gave me an absolutely incredible feeling of gratitute- Gratitude for not only the ability to witness such beauty but to do so while being in a state of physical health and mental clarity that having the ability to run brings. The run was about 5 miles. I would have known exactly how far, but the distance tracker I had in my shoe fell out after a little less than a mile. I looked for it-thought I had lost it-and then found it in the middle of the street on the way back. Amazingly, it hadn’t been run over!
Tuesday I went to Avenida Valparaiso, an area in downtown Vina Del Mar, to look at local artist’s goods. While there were really some pretty locally made things, a lot was made in China.
Wednesday I went to another local marketplace-more of a farmer’s market though. I went with my conversation class. Our assignment was to talk with local vendors and find the best price for our instructor’s produce for the week for which she only gave us 4 mil/approx. $8.00 US. She actually had change, and a lot was purchased. Another girl in my class and I want to go back and shop for groceries so that we can make lunch for ourselves one day after class. I am really looking forward to this! I did buy some clementine’s (little oranges) yesterday, however, and they were delicious! One kilo was 300 mil. This would have been a huge bag! I only asked for five-the vendor gave me six, so I paid only a few cents for great produce~ After class we went on another walking tour of the city. We went to the home of Pablo Neruda. As we were leaving his home and walking down a street we saw a man riding a borough.
Tuesday I went to Avenida Valparaiso, an area in downtown Vina Del Mar, to look at local artist’s goods. While there were really some pretty locally made things, a lot was made in China.
Wednesday I went to another local marketplace-more of a farmer’s market though. I went with my conversation class. Our assignment was to talk with local vendors and find the best price for our instructor’s produce for the week for which she only gave us 4 mil/approx. $8.00 US. She actually had change, and a lot was purchased. Another girl in my class and I want to go back and shop for groceries so that we can make lunch for ourselves one day after class. I am really looking forward to this! I did buy some clementine’s (little oranges) yesterday, however, and they were delicious! One kilo was 300 mil. This would have been a huge bag! I only asked for five-the vendor gave me six, so I paid only a few cents for great produce~ After class we went on another walking tour of the city. We went to the home of Pablo Neruda. As we were leaving his home and walking down a street we saw a man riding a borough.
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