yea, Chile is awesome!

Welcome to my life...there is a lot going on all the time. so i'lll try to give you a little preview of what i've been doing.
This week has just been crazy orientating myself around the cities with the help of the ISA staff. We have had tours around both cities and it is so funny to see the difference between the two. Viña is more tourist  city with block streets and lots of stores. Casinos and bars and tourist attractions.

this is the view from the beach of Viña

so you sort of get an idea of how everything is all pretty and touristy, and now here is a picture of Valparaíso, which is more hippy and run down from the port.

this is a house that is meant to look like a boat. it is one of the most famous houses in Valparaíso. The majority of the city is up in the hills and most of the walls are covered in graffiti! so pretty!!

its amazing the artwork that these people put on walls. its so pretty and soon we will be going to an open aire museum that is known for their beautiful art work! im excited about it although im super nervous to bring my super nice camera out into the streets because they're known for pick pocketing here. although i bet i would be fine, i dont want to risk it!


We went to the beach yesterday and it was so warm and beautiful! it's really weird cause the weather can be so weird. one day it will be completely sunny and the next day really cold and cloudy. i think it almost rained today! that would have been the first for my time in chile. anyways the beach was amazing and hopefully if we have nice weather we will go there tomorrow! here is a picture of us at the beach. we were jumping because we were just so happy to have the sand in our toes and the sun shining down on us :)

Last night i went to a party...that was an interesting experience! i was just getting home from a day at orientation and Gonzalo forgot to pick me up! The ISA staff had to call and remind him that his "gringa" thats me, was waiting for him! He was running and was completely out of breathe and i was the last one waiting for him. I finally got home and eat dinner muy rápido. Showered and then we were out the door to a birthday party for his friend named Ignacio, or UMPA. Craziest bus ride ever! We were walking like in the sketchiest areas ever and the buses that they have here are like that bus from harry potter. They move so quick in and out of traffic and they stop for maybe a few seconds to let you off... i have a day dream that im going to loose my sandal and it'll be lost forever because they will not go back for that. Then they just stop on a dime. good thing i had my hand out otherwise i def would have hit it on the seat in front of me. maddness for sure. thats the only thing i can use to describe my night last night. We left the house to go out at 10pm. now usually, im already in bed exhausted and wanting to turn the lights off at that time. one of the girls i was talking to said that bars normally close around 4 or 5 am. HA. funny. So we got there and there were so many chilenos...many of them wanted to speak english so i got a night off from spanish! Hopefully pictures will be tagged of me so keep an eye out for those on facebook :)


thats a good update for now. i'll try to be more on top of this blog thing but it is definitely hard when im just trying to organize my life. which i have now done. i have classes in order and next thing i just need to figure out where they all are!


buen día!