Yesterday's events

Buenos Días

Yesterday I had guests a mi casa. Ben and Andie came to visit me. They were heading to the police department in Valdivia to get their Identification Cards, so I went along. That was a trip. Ben´s host brother drove us to the office. Once we arrived an officer took us up the stairs and told us to wait. While waiting we spoke in our broken Español. I´m sure that everyone working thought it was a funny conversation. It was a really easy process, we just had to answer a few questions and have our passports handy. We were in and out in less than an hour.

After we got our paper work straightened out, we wandered around Valdivia. I hadn´t walked through the city until then. It was so beautiful. I am so excited to get to know this area and become a "local". We went to the supermercado called Bigger, and took a look around. I bought a notebook for classes on lunes, just in case. We did some more wandering and took pictures. Then we walked back to our houses. I wanted to see where Andie and Ben live, so Andie took us to her house and introduced us to her family. Her host sister invited us to go out with them that night around 11 p.m. So Ben and I accepted.

I got to see where Ben lives after we left Andie's house. I walked back to my house to have dinner. I had a nice conversation con mi madre de Chile (all in Español) and told her that I was invited out. She thought that it was fantastic that I was going out with some friends so I could practice speaking. I got a call from Andie about 9:30 saying to get there at 10.

Once we all arrived at Andie's we started walking to the club. It is interesting because in Chile they first go to a bar and have a drink and socialize. They meet up with other friends and spend about an hour or so at this bar. After their cerveza is gone, they get ready to go to a dance club. Dancing does not start until at least 1 or 2 a.m. So, basically it is a long night out. It was a lot of fun, though. I heard a lot of reggae tech music and met a lot of nice girls who are friends of Andie's sister.

I am not sure what this weekend holds for me, but I am very excited for classes to start. I will be sure to give an update on how is goes.

Chao,
Sarah