Esteemed Readers,
I am sorry to disappoint you all a.k.a my Mom and Kelsey, for being so late on the updates but I have been a busy bee. My friends from Temuco (a town about 2.5 hours away) and we made the most of our time together. We made an "American" dinner for my family, which consisted of tacos, Spanish rice, chocolate chip cookies, and Chilean cookies called cocopillos...I think we are all going through a national identity crisis.
Saturday we had a late start because we all had a little too much fun on Friday night, but my day started beautifully because I got an amazing package from my Mom that included Oprah, stickers, and Montana magazines. Who besides Dr. Phil and all American women knew Oprah could brighten a day so much? After a leisurely start we hiked to a quarry that reminded me of Breaking Away. The hike was gorgeous and the quarry was incredibly beautiful. My wild adventurous side took over and convinced me that I needed to jump off the cliff even though it was only 50-60 degrees outside and even colder in the water. It took my breath away, but made me feel so alive. I guess that is what happens once the air comes back, you remember how important living is. We gathered wood and made ourselves a campfire to keep warm. It was so fun and made even better by the fact that I didn't have to sleep outside because my host sister is so kind and gracious she agreed to pick my friend Kendra and I up so we could sleep warmly in beds. My host family is awesome.
Sunday I went to the local rodeo which is now on the top of my list of most disturbing things I have seen. The idea is to pin the bull in four different places and after watching this I decided that PETA has done good things in the USA. It was incredibly disturbing and sad to see the bulls knocked down to the ground and be trampled by horses. Mom, don't be concerned if you start getting PETA packages in the mail for me, just forward them down here.
Tonight may have been the highlight though because after once my host father turned on some Cuban music and Lorna have me a lesson in Cuban dancing. She may be the undercover Shakira because she can make her hips move in ways I thought only existed in music videos. We had a pretty fun dance party and my body is already sore.
Que te vaya bien (go well).
I am sorry to disappoint you all a.k.a my Mom and Kelsey, for being so late on the updates but I have been a busy bee. My friends from Temuco (a town about 2.5 hours away) and we made the most of our time together. We made an "American" dinner for my family, which consisted of tacos, Spanish rice, chocolate chip cookies, and Chilean cookies called cocopillos...I think we are all going through a national identity crisis.
Saturday we had a late start because we all had a little too much fun on Friday night, but my day started beautifully because I got an amazing package from my Mom that included Oprah, stickers, and Montana magazines. Who besides Dr. Phil and all American women knew Oprah could brighten a day so much? After a leisurely start we hiked to a quarry that reminded me of Breaking Away. The hike was gorgeous and the quarry was incredibly beautiful. My wild adventurous side took over and convinced me that I needed to jump off the cliff even though it was only 50-60 degrees outside and even colder in the water. It took my breath away, but made me feel so alive. I guess that is what happens once the air comes back, you remember how important living is. We gathered wood and made ourselves a campfire to keep warm. It was so fun and made even better by the fact that I didn't have to sleep outside because my host sister is so kind and gracious she agreed to pick my friend Kendra and I up so we could sleep warmly in beds. My host family is awesome.
Sunday I went to the local rodeo which is now on the top of my list of most disturbing things I have seen. The idea is to pin the bull in four different places and after watching this I decided that PETA has done good things in the USA. It was incredibly disturbing and sad to see the bulls knocked down to the ground and be trampled by horses. Mom, don't be concerned if you start getting PETA packages in the mail for me, just forward them down here.
Tonight may have been the highlight though because after once my host father turned on some Cuban music and Lorna have me a lesson in Cuban dancing. She may be the undercover Shakira because she can make her hips move in ways I thought only existed in music videos. We had a pretty fun dance party and my body is already sore.
Que te vaya bien (go well).
At Cantera Deuco, little did I know just how foreshadowing this was.
The Quarry, I am not going to tell my Mom what I jumped off of, all she needs to know is that I am alive.
This bridge reminded me of my Grandpa. It was a gift from Pennsylvania and is really beautiful and in the middle of nowhere.
This was before the horrific mistreatment.
Doesn't the crowd just look awesome. I loved them.
The Chilean flag. On the other side of the man is a table with champagne glasses. I was looking for the PBR and Coors, but it was nowhere to be found, no wonder it wasn't as fun as the ones in Montana.
I love the photos, and I am very glad I just had my hair dyed last week. If not, it would be completely white after reading your description of jumping off cliffs. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING????? How would you like it if I told you I was riding a bull or better yet, bullfighting? Or maybe I will just jump out of a plane, or walk across the top of a bridge. Seriously, I can't imagine doing half of the things you're doing, but I'm proud that you are so adventurous. And I can't wait until you have children of your own who will be even more daring than you.
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