Hello all!! I know that I wrote a little bit about my trip down to Patagonia but I didn’t finish telling you about the rest. So here it goes: after Torres del Paine, we went down to Punta Arenas for two nights. At this point we were very tired from the hike and just traveling so Sunday we went to the airport, wanting to see if we could get on a plane that day instead of Monday, but we couldn’t. Our ticket wouldn’t let us switch, even though there were some available seats. We waited in the airport for about 3-4 hours and then finally gave up. So we went back to Punta Arenas and right when we got off the bus there was a lady who had rooms available in here hostel, aka her ... read more

Hello all!! This is going to be quick, I just wanted I different city other then Valparaíso!! :) But I just got of my 3 day "cruise". Our boat used to be a cargo ship and still is, but then one day they decided to put some beds in and make it a ferry/cruise. But it wasn´t that bad until the second day when we got into water that was a bit choppy. And let´s just say I didn´t inheirit my dads tolerence to live on a boat. But after that night everything was all good. But tomorrow we´re going into the park Torres del Paine for a night, freeze to death (hopefully not literally) but then down to Punto Areanas to where we will catch out flight back to Santaigo. But I got to go ... read more

Hello all!! It´s been awhile but nothing really new has been going on. But I did start my classes this week, or at least half of them. My Spanish classes started, thank goodness, but my geography classes haven´t, apparently they start next week. I figured this out by showing up to them and having no one else but other gringos (it´s not a bad word here) present. But I think I finally have it down! But today I´m off to Pucón, it´s about a 12 hour bus ride south! But it should be a lot of fun, there are a lot of lakes and parks that you can go hiking around. And then my friend and are planning a trip down to Patagonia for later in the month. But when i get back I´ll post more ... read more

Well it´s now my fourth day in Valparaíso and I alreday feel like I´m getting used to things like not being able to flush tp down the toilets, which bus to take home and to school and I even think I may be understanding a bit more Spanish, maybe. But two nights ago I went out with my brother to a disotecho to go see a guy who is famous for singing terrible, kinda like that guy from american idol. The guy didn´t even go on stge until 2:00!! And finally at 3 I asked my brother if we could leave after the next song, which was the last song of the night anyway. That night I didn´t end up going to bed until 4am. They have very long nights here, they start a lot later ... read more

Hola familia y amigos! Estoy bien. Hoy vi mucho en Santiago, fue al Palacio Presidencial La Moneda, Pasea Ahumada, Plaza de Aramas, la bonita Catedral y el Mercado. Comi en mercado tambien, comi pescado. Despues almuerzo fuemos al Museo de Arte Precolombio, fue muy interesantey tiene mucho arte diferente. Despues de los actividads una amiga y yo caminamos la ciudad para helado y finalement recibimos al MsDonalds, quiemos helado de tienda de ropa pero no los encontramos. I hope you all understood that, even though it has some mistakes. But todya was a pretty busy day, we went to the Presidential Palace, she doesn't live there any more but it is where she and other government officials work. But I had fish in the market and I liked it a lot, which is good because of ... read more