Qué una semana! The past two days have been such a blur...it seems as though they have been mixed into one! Let me start from the end of the first day in Santi...
CIEE shuttled us to this amazing restaurant in the heart of Providencia (which is now Sam's new home!) There, we were all immediately served Pisco Sours, Chile's most well-known drink...it has tequila and pisco (unattainable in los estados unidos) in it, and my goodness was it good!
Everyone was excited to find their new favorite drink in the latin american specialty of pisco sour-also known as the cheapest drink you can find on the menus! The restaurant had authentic chilean food, and there was a live guitarista playing songs about chile and its heavenly sights. We then had dinner along with some fine chilean wine, and were shuttled back to the hotel.
Upon returning to the hotel, we all decided we wanted to see what downtown Providencia was about. We traveled to a karaoke bar, where it was just us and random chileano hombres. After watching many make fools of themselves, I decided I wanted in. I kindly asked/forced Sam to sing "Fotografia" por Juanes with me. The man was impressed that we knew such a song, and we sang it to the best of our abilities, oh yeah, along with some creepers who came up and sang and took pictures of us with their super metro nokia camera phone. Definitely hilarious and definitely glad I took Jujitsu before coming here. :) hehehe...
After a couple karaoke adventures, we decided to head home a little early and get some rest. Thursday morning came fast, and we woke up and went downstairs for a nice santagonian breakfast. It included crackers, cheese, and tons of meat. I'm not quite sure if it was really a santagonian breakfast, but it sure is a lot different than what I'm used to, so I guess that classification will have to fly.
We were taken to this amazing vegetarian restaurant for lunch, where we had agua SIN gas. It's kind of weird here. There are two types of water...water con gas or water sin gas...without gas is no fizz, and with gas is fizzy...but saying "con gas" or "sin gas" when ordering at a restaurant has its inevitably immature hilarity...
The evening came quickly, and we went out to enjoy another chilean dinner...this time on our own cuenta. We got a recommendation from the señor in the hotel, and off we went. Then we went out a bit for Matt Wilson's birthday (he turned 21...anticlimactic a bit?) and we had a blast dancing at un discoteca!
Then we went home...had to get rest, because today we met our host families!
And that, my friends, will have to wait for tomorrow because I have to go to la ferria manana con mi familia, and I have to get my beauty sleep that has been severely lacking :)
Alright alright-let's just say-I love my host family...I can't wait to talk about them and my experiences with them today about it tomorrow in my post. Confusing? I'm delirious.
Hasta :)
Henneeeefur
WOW THIS IS AMAZING
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