I am officially Chilean for the next four months. This morning, Lauren and I made it to Valparaiso (by ourselves!) via the Metro (a subway) to pick up our Chilean identity cards.
After the most delicious lunch ever, I was able to rest for 5 minutes before hopping back on the Metro and meeting Lauren on Alvarez to go buy yarn and knitting needles. We went to Nicole's casa where Nicole's madre taught Lauren how to knit.
We decided to make Puppy Chow for Nicole's mom and walked to the grocery store to buy ingredients. Sadly- there were no Chex and no chocolate chips so we had to make due and make our "Chile Chow" with cheerios and chocolate bars. It was delicious but probably not too appealing to Chileans.- I don't think they like peanut butter too much.
The best thing about having a great lunch in Chile is that you can be 100% sure that you'll love your dinner...they are the same! I ate in my room tonight- I guess I missed the family meal (oops). As I was flipping through the channels hoping to find a good movie in english...I FOUND A BASEBALL GAME! Red Sox vs. Blue Jays...what a great night. When someone hits a homerun the Spanish announcer says "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL." They love "El Big Papi." Too bad the Red Sox are losing 14 to 0 in the 6th, OUCH.
I'm a little stressed about tomorrow...
From 3 PM until 8AM on Sunday we will have NO WATER. No bath, no toilet, no cooking, no drinking, no washing hands. Ahh! I guess I'll be hanging out at Lauren's for a while :) Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow than today and we can make it to the beach.
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| true beach bums: Lauren and Lesley |
Until tomorrow,
Lesley
