I have one month and twenty-two days left here in Chile. If you break that down, that's 4 weeks left of work with a two week holiday in between, then a week and half left to explore the places we have yet to see in Santiago, visit friends and say our goodbyes. Before I came to Chile a month seemed like a long time but having lived here for over ten has made me realise just how little one month actually is.
I'm really going to miss my life out here.
Here's a quick update of what I've been up to since my last blog.
March/April: My family came to Chile
Having spent eight months without them I had become accustomed to not having my family in my life everyday. However the minute I saw them walk through the arrivals gate in the airport it hit me just how much I had missed them. Lets just say there were a lot of tears and hugging.
In the three weeks they were here we managed to squeeze in:
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| The sights of Santiago |
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| A visit to the school |
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| 'Onces' with my host family and a trip to the driest desert in the word...  |
I had such an amazing time while my family were here and I really enjoyed sharing my life here with them.
May/ June: Vina del Mar, World Environment Day and Fútbol
When my family left I thought it would be a good idea to spend a weekend away to keep my mind off missing them. So I headed to Vina del Mar (a city on the coast about 2 hours away from Santiago) with Kelly and Kirsty.
From ice cream, walks on the beach and spontaneously taking part in a Zumbathon to raise awareness of the Valpo fire I had an awesome weekend away!
As many of you know the World Cup is being held in Brazil this year. As you can imagine the atmosphere here in Chile was pretty crazy when we won 2-0 to the world champions Spain. My Project Trust partner was actually in the center of the city at the time and said that people were going crazy jumping on bus shelters etc. Here's a picture of a defaced street sign that I found pretty funny.
Although I'm not the biggest football fan, the love and enthusiasm towards football here is pretty contagious. I'm looking forward to watching Chile's next game tomorrow against the Netherlands. We'll be watching the game at school with the students which should be fun. I've also heard rumors that there's going to be BBQ food. I'm not complaining. #VAMOSCHILE
Apart from watching football and going on trips to the beach, I've also been working lots. A few weeks ago we celebrated World Environment Day with the kids. We played games and the students made posters using recycled materials. I was fun to teach the kids English through a different topic and I think they also enjoyed having a break from their usual classes.
I hope you enjoyed my update. I'm going to be spending my last few months out here trying to make the most of every minute. Although I'm looking forward to coming home and seeing everyone there is definitely a part of me that doesn't want to leave.
I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer. Its winter here so its starting to get colder.
See you all soon.
Daz x
