I woke up to my mama chilena waking me up because my alarms never went off. It was really strange too because they were set and still had their check marks next to them, but didn't go off. I jumped out of bed and got ready as quick as I could. I only had 30mins til class started and it takes that long to take the bus there... So I ended up getting to school late, but only by about 5mins which wasn't too bad. However, while on the micro my yogurt spilled in my bag. That was interesting to try to clean up with paper and nothing else on a micro that has a conductor driving like crazy. Then I got to class and it was boring, we then found out there was class yesterday even though everybody had received an email saying there was no class from our school administrator. I have noticed that things like this happen a lot in Chile. Nothing is ever crystal clear and you don't have that direct communication with professors like you do at WSU. That is something that I never thought I took for granted, but now I know that I did. It is always very interesting to learn what things you take for granted. A few other ones are: paper towels in bathrooms, toilet paper in the stalls in bathrooms (or even at all...) and now this experience with my school. I am sure I have many more coming my way.
Yesterday,
I went on adventure! Tess, Amelia, Tess's chilean dad and I all went to a beach in Zapallar. This is a town that is about 32miles north of Vina del Mar. Along the way we took the upper route so that we were able to see the views of the ocean from up high and all of the buildings that are characteristic of that route. We saw a copper mining site, a petroleum site, the ocean, trees, flat lands, horses and much more. The whole trip to Zapallar took about an hour. Maybe a little longer. Once we got there we drove down to a beach that Tess's dad really liked and he showed it to us. It was gorgeous and had the most beautiful houses near it. I bet those families love waking up to the views they have. We sat and enjoyed the view for a bit and then walked along a walkway for 20 or so minutes to see what was around the corner. Tess's dad told us all about this beach and how he loves coming here to watch the sunset because supposedly it is gorgeous. We then walked back and went over to a little restaurant to the left of the beach. At the restaurant, the girls and I had some delicious mango juice and the dad had an espresso. We then shared some little empanadas that were of seafood. It was kinda like a sampler tray and it had shrimp and cheese, crab and whatever 'locos' are. I think this is one of those words that only chileanos use and so translating it was difficult. I think clams or something similar to that. We had great conversations with Tess's dad about life, the future and really just whatever came up. He was very sweet and talked slow with all of us. He was also very patient. It was starting to get a little late so we decided to head back and we went the lower route on the way back to see the ocean. We drove through ConCon which reminded me of that time I went surfing and had a delicious basil, tomato and cheese empanada when I was hungover. Lastly, right before getting to Renaca we stopped at this hill that we walked up and we saw the remnants of the sunset in front of us over the ocean and we had sand dunes behind us. It was gorgeous and so much to take in. Yesterday was a great day and reminded me that travelling while I have the chance is what matters and I need to find people who want to do that with me. This is the time to travel and see wonderful things.
Here are some photos of the trip!
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