Like my sweet mom posted previously, my family came to visit me!!!! It was seriously the best week ever- we ate, drank, slept, walked and shopped like kings. I told them on their first night here after an exceptionally good dinner and getting tucked into my bed in the hotel that I hadn't been full or warm since I came to South America. It was so fun getting to show them around the area and explore new things with them. Definitely the best travel buddies ever!
Look how cute and South American they look!
Since they left, I've been dedicating all of my time outside of going to school to exploring! Right now, all of the university students in Chile are really mad at the education system because 1) school is expensive (all of the American students are like yeah and your point is...?) and 2) it's not fair (still...what's your point Chileans. Welcome to North America) so they've been having lots of protests. Aka they take over the school building. Aka we don't have to go to school!!! There's some law somewhere that says if an American student is involved in protests they'll be deported, so the school has had to cancel our classes to make sure we aren't given the slightest opportunity to be involved in a protest. Yippee! So far we've missed 2 classes- that doesn't sound like much but we only have 25 days of lecture so we've missed a lot of information. Fine with me, I didn't come here to study anyway! Ha!
My friend and I decided to make a bucket list of all the things we want to accomplish in the Valparaiso/Vina del mar area before we leave, so that's how we've been spending our days. Who knew such a small town would have so many things to do?! Here are some pictures of our progress so far:
Drink a pina colada: check
Explore Cerro Alegre in Valparaiso (a pretty hill that has lots of cool paintings/views): check
Eat (and demolish) breakfast at a place that serves breakfast all day long: check
Castillo Wulff: check
Avenida Peru: check (at sunset was an added bonus)
Drink 9238749823 margaritas: check (ok not on the list but we did it anyway)
Take a million pictures with this girl doing all things bucket list: check!
As you can see, we've been pretty dang busy! This week we get Monday and Tuesday off for some holiday so we're going to go north to the beaches and try to catch some rays because it's been so warm here lately! (yes, sadly we think 65 degrees is warm) and then next week is my last week! What?! Where did the time go?! As my own personal goal, I'm dedicating the rest of my time here to drinking as much Chilean wine as I can.
Wish me luck!
Chao,
Aves
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