Firstly I want to appologise for not updating my blog sooner. The reason being that I haven't had reliable internet access recently. But I guess it´s "better late than never." so here's a quick update of the last two months.
I guess I better begin where I left off last time. In my previous blog post I mentioned to you all that I was going to Mendoza for a long weekend at the end of October. So on the Wednesday evening, after a day of work, Caroline and I set off to the bus terminal in central Santiago where we met Kelly and Kirsty and boarded the night bus to Mendoza.
From experiencing the Argentinian night life, visiting the highest mountain in South America (Aconcagua) and being followed by two stray dogs for an entire day, I think it´s fair to say that our first venture out of Chile was a pretty memorable experience. (Here are some pictures to illustrate).
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| The dogs literally followed us for an entire day... |
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| ...even stopping to sit with us while we ate lunch. |
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| Selfie with the bar tender that told us that he could not speak any English- In English... |
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| Aconcagua (From left to right: Kirsty, Caroline, Me, Kelly)
Another significant event that occurred since I last posted was my birthday. Yes I am officially an adult! As my birthday fell on a week day I spent the day at work so the celebrations didn't begin till the evening. My host family sang "Cumpleaños Feliz" and presented me with a pineapple and cream birthday cake-it was delicious. On the Saturday following my birthday Livia- a teacher at the school- threw me a birthday party at her house. I celebrated in true Chilean style -with a BBQ- along with the other Santiago vols and some of the teachers from our school. Although it was strange having my birthday away from home, my project partner Caroline, the other PT vols and all my new Chilean friends made it the most amazing and most memorable birthday yet. After all not many people can say that they celebrated their 18th Birthday on the other side of the world.
 In other news, Caroline and I have moved host families. It's a long story but basically things were not working out with our previous host. On the 1st of December we packed up all of our things and moved from Pudahuel- which is on the outskirts of the city- to an apartment nearer the city centre. We are now living with a teacher at the school called Elizabeth and her five year old daughter Maria-Elena. Although we have only been here for just over two weeks I already feel so much happier here and I can´t wait to celebrate Christmas with our new family. Anyway I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas back home (can´t believe it's only two weeks away) and I'll let you all know what its like to experience Christmas on the other side of the equator in my next post! Chao. |
