Hey everyone!
So i am finally in Chile. Sorry it took a while to write to you. I had an orientation wednesday and thursday in Miami (i´ll add pictures later). I have been in Chile since yesterday morning (my birthday).
It was quite funny because my flight to chile was overnight and I flew alone from Miami to Santiago. When i arrived i realized that I had not been told what to do once i got the the airport. So, here was this American girl wandering around the Santiago airport. Finally I just sat down on a bench and didn´t know what else to do........ I waited for about 20 minutes and I was SOOO annoyed that i had not been told what to do but then i realized just how funny the situation was and i started laughing, with a lot of looks from random people. It was quite a bonding experience with myself. Finally a man came from AFS and took me to the other AFS person where we waited for the other kids coming to chile. There were 4 coming to chile yesterday. Three from Austria and one from Switzerland. They all knew some english which was nice but they all spoke German at home. So, i heard a ton of German. Sometimes i felt left out but it was another chance to laugh at myself.
It is really cold here. About 40 degrees farenheit inside and out. Im geting used to it now though. The people at the orientation gave me a birthday cake and I was very happy. It was a very interesting but fun birthday.
This afternoon, i got on a train from Santiago to Curicó. It took about two hours and was SO beautiful. The Andes are gorgeous. When i arrived in Curicó, my family was there to greet me. They called me their daughter and when we went to the supermarket, my host dad said to a cashier (who was looking at me strangely compared to my host family) ¨ es mi hija ¿Mira como yo?¨(This is my daughter. Does she look like me?) We all started laughing. So far I love it here even though i already am beginning to miss you al l in the U.S. Gotta run, I´ll put up pictures soon. Love you all!
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Hahaha I'm glad you're bonding with yourself!
TE ECHO DE MENOS!
Hi Lura I'm over Dick and Betty's at noon on Bill and Michael's birthday and have been reading information that was on the blog. Sort of interesting you have snow - that surprises me. I'm going to Mpls. on Sunday Aug. 22 but I'm leaving DM on Aug. 19 to spend 3 nights with John and Delores than I will be going to Mpls. and spend 3 days up there and then Aug. 25 I will head up to Duluth. It is interesting to hear your first few days in Chili. What you need to do is send me your address so I can write to you. No snow in DM in fact it is hot. Love you Grandpa
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