Blogs from Concepción, Biobío, Chile, South America - page 3

Saturday we stayed in Chillan. Marcela´s entire family was at her parent´s house. Literally! I was pretty bored all morning. I blogged and then just watched t.v. and listened to people. There was a lot of food being prepared. They set up a huge long table in the garage area. A barbeque is Chile is called an "asado" which is the spanish word for roast. There was so much meat! My favorite are the longanizas (sausages) that Chillan is famous for. While we were waiting to eat lunch, they served pieces of longaniza on a bun, like a hot dog. It was delicious! The little toddler that is in their family was dressed in traditional Chilean clothes for the holiday. I didn´t get a picture of him wearing them though because they changed him shortly after ... read more

Tuesday was our trip to Lota. We met outside the Humanities building at 8:30 a.m. I got up at 6:30 to shower and so I could ride with Marcela to the University at 7:30. I would be there kind of early but it is easier and cheaper to be a little early than to take the micro or collectivo. Marcela had a class at 8:10 so I just sat in her office and used her computer while I waited. I went outside to wait around 8:20. Jessica was there but nobody else yet. I decided I wanted some cappuccino so we walked to the little store on campus. The store is called "el ombligo" which means bellybutton. haha. I got a little cappuccino and a media luna which is a little pastry. It was really yummy. ... read more

The weather here has been great. Tuesday was another beautiful day. I took the micro to school for Professor Triana's class from 10 to 12. We worked on writing about ourselves. After class, I went with Christina, Catie, and Hayley to show them where the registro civil was. Catie and I also wanted to exchange out American money. While Hayley and I waited for the other two, we walked around and tried to find the money exchange place. We didn't find any and so we went back to the registro civil around 12:40. I was supposed to go home for lunch with my host mom around 1:20 so we didn't have a whole lot of time. Catie was convinced that there is a place on O'Higgins so we walked down there. We got all the way ... read more

This is the address to use if you want to mail me anything. It is the address of the university. I think I can have things sent to my house but this is the address we were told to use. Programa de St Cloud State Direccion de Asuntos Internacionales Universidad de Concepcion Victor Lamas No. 1290 Casilla 160-C Concepcion, Chile South America... read more

Hi. I'm going to try and write on here a little more often so it doesn't take me as long to write and thus it won't take as long for you to read. Wednesday I only have class from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. I slept until 10. It feels so great to sleep in. When I woke up, I could hear the Nana cleaning up a storm like she does every morning. I had a feeling she didn't know I was home, since she arrives around 9 and everyone is usually gone. I was right, she came into my room to clean and make my bed and she was surprised to find me still in it. I got my lazy butt out of bed and ate some cereal for breakfast. I did homework for ... read more