Today was really really good! It was a day full of comfortable things, and things that made it seem more like I'm actually living here, rather than just visiting.
After class, I planned to meet my group for our cultural project this weekend at 315 at the bus terminal to buy our bus tickets to La Isla Negra for Saturday. Since I live kind of far from this, Gina and I decided it wasn;t worth going home between class and the ticket purchasing, so we took a bus to Providencia, went to Starbucks and drank some REAL coffee (other than coffee shops, it's all instant here), did our homework, and then took the metro to meet our group to buy our bus tickets. As it turns out, buying bus tickets is pretty darn easy! We just stood in a line, told them where we wanted to go, picked our seats, and paid! It was also really cheap, about $12 US round trip to Isla Negra, where Pablo Neruda's house is on the coast. So that's where I'll be all day Saturday!
Then I came home and did some apartment searching and found a lot of good options and sent some emails of interest. I think I'm going to look at one tomorrow night with a friend, and will definitely go see a few next week and maybe one on Friday. A lot of the ones I'm looking at are International Houses with some Chileans students and some students from all over the world, and several are in Providencia which is where I want to live! We'll see! I also think I'll ask Claudia soon about extending for about a week and how much that will cost.
This is where my night got awesome! Gina, Lauren, and I went out to Parque Arauco again (the really nice mall) to see a movie and eat ice cream (yep, always). It was so much fun! We ended up seeing Alvin y las Ardillas 2, AKA The Squeakwel! It was totalmente en español and I love that I could understand it all! It's a great feeling. I can also really tell that I'm becoming much more comfortable at speaking Spanish also, although I definitely have a LONG way to go. Also, the movie cost around $6 US. Incredible!
So today was a really fun, comfortable day and tomorrow should also be great! We're going to a vineyard with our cultural monitors after class! Wine tasting! Stories to come!
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Sounds like a nice day in Santiago. Be selective when you start considering other places to live. Most of all be sure they are clean and safe. Lucky you...to go wine tasting in Chile. Remember the Carmenere and Sauvigon Blanc are suppose to be excellent.Sorry we missed your phone call, Maybe tomorrow. Love 'ya, Mamacita
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