We went to Mendoza, Argentina this last weekend and got stranded there for a little longer than we had been planning... the border between Argentina and Chile was closed to bus travel because of some snow storms AHHH. It was a little crazy... but we got ourselves out of it! We flew back last night and were totally exhausted. It was an amazing weekend despite our troubles with identification at the border and then our failed attempts at returning by bus haha!
My friend, Andrea, from the Santiago program here too posted a list we made when we had too much time on our hands : ).. it's about the lessons we learned on this trip. I highly recommend reading it. The link is attached to this blog entry : ).
To sum up the weekend, we ate EXCELLENT chorizo (beef) because Mendoza is known for it.. went on a bus wine tour that was very interesting.. experienced an Argentinan super market with the meat hanging up everywhere (eghh to that smell!), went horseback riding in the mountains with a guy named Rodrigo and some Swiss people (SOOOOO beautiful), and hung out with the hostel ppl.
Good thing me, Monica, Allie, and Andrea are "juntos para siempre" (together forever/always : D) because after all of our little struggles from border control to bus tickets to airplane tickets to paying for everything... we still had an amazing time and love eachother hehe.
(Read Andrea's blog! it's hilarious. And you'll understand the events of this weekend, hahhahaha.) Time to catch up on hw!!! And eat once (pronounced own-say) with my homestay parents (7:00 snack : D).
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
our chilean friends UPDATE
Hola todos!
I have to correct my earlier blog. Tuto=Toti. And Toti is actually not a creeper. Ok, let me rephrase that... even though Toti is a creeper, we still like to hang out with him. ; ). Chiste chiste! Lol. And yes, I didn't know that any of our Chilean amigos were going to read my blog... but I'm not correcting myself because of that. All of them are a lot of fun hehe.
We went out to eat tonight for Allie's 20th bday!! woot woot! We went to eat at this AMAZING Peruvian restaurant... and if my parents knew how much I spent on the food there they'd prolly faint on the spot. But it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It is a very famous restaurant and for this, we decided to go there to celebrate Allie's bday. I had tortellini which was undoubtedly the best I've ever had. And we rotated plates to try all eachother's dishes and they were ALL amazing. I'm very picky when it comes to salmon and I almost died of pure ecstasy when I tried Allie's. DELISHHHH.
Afterwards, we hung out at Monica's place and then went to a discoteca (place to dance) where we met up with some of our Chilean friends. Yay for Mona getting that all together!! : ) I have yet to hear "Beautiful liar" by Beyonce and Shakira though... if it ever plays, me and Monica will go crazy because Beyonce is Monica's alterego and mine is Shakira.
I'm a little sad that Monday I'm going to have to miss out on skiing with the girls... I have to test out some more classes then. But this coming weekend I'm going to Mendoza in Argentina with them and a couple guys from the program... apparently it's about a 7 hr bus ride from here through the mountains... not bad! Scenic!
I hate how I never want to sleep... but I should prolly try now. Buenas noches!
I have to correct my earlier blog. Tuto=Toti. And Toti is actually not a creeper. Ok, let me rephrase that... even though Toti is a creeper, we still like to hang out with him. ; ). Chiste chiste! Lol. And yes, I didn't know that any of our Chilean amigos were going to read my blog... but I'm not correcting myself because of that. All of them are a lot of fun hehe.
We went out to eat tonight for Allie's 20th bday!! woot woot! We went to eat at this AMAZING Peruvian restaurant... and if my parents knew how much I spent on the food there they'd prolly faint on the spot. But it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It is a very famous restaurant and for this, we decided to go there to celebrate Allie's bday. I had tortellini which was undoubtedly the best I've ever had. And we rotated plates to try all eachother's dishes and they were ALL amazing. I'm very picky when it comes to salmon and I almost died of pure ecstasy when I tried Allie's. DELISHHHH.
Afterwards, we hung out at Monica's place and then went to a discoteca (place to dance) where we met up with some of our Chilean friends. Yay for Mona getting that all together!! : ) I have yet to hear "Beautiful liar" by Beyonce and Shakira though... if it ever plays, me and Monica will go crazy because Beyonce is Monica's alterego and mine is Shakira.
I'm a little sad that Monday I'm going to have to miss out on skiing with the girls... I have to test out some more classes then. But this coming weekend I'm going to Mendoza in Argentina with them and a couple guys from the program... apparently it's about a 7 hr bus ride from here through the mountains... not bad! Scenic!
I hate how I never want to sleep... but I should prolly try now. Buenas noches!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
top things to NOT do in Santiago (tbc)
This blog will have to be added to later... but to start it off...
Top Things NOT to do in Santiago
1) Forget to bring toiletpaper into the stall with you at the public bathrooms. (Yep, it's NEVER in the stalls... sucks if you forget that. "Por favor (Please)... alguien (someone)... Confort (toilet paper)?"
2) Play piramides or any drinking game with vino tinto (red wine)
3) Say "Vamos a juntear en nosotros" (We're going to creep on you guys later...) to Monica's homestay sister. Or for that matter, any joke.
to be continued...
Top Things NOT to do in Santiago
1) Forget to bring toiletpaper into the stall with you at the public bathrooms. (Yep, it's NEVER in the stalls... sucks if you forget that. "Por favor (Please)... alguien (someone)... Confort (toilet paper)?"
2) Play piramides or any drinking game with vino tinto (red wine)
3) Say "Vamos a juntear en nosotros" (We're going to creep on you guys later...) to Monica's homestay sister. Or for that matter, any joke.
to be continued...
chilean friends
We made our first Chilean friends the other day and they are SO much fun. Annya is the best. Her pololo (boyfriend) is Walter but everyone calls him Balter. Don't know why lol. Everyone here has a nickname too. Nikolas is Niko, Natalia is Natu, Magdalena is Mona... Not gonna lie, at first I thought one of the guys in the crew was a creeper, or jote (pronounced ho-tay). But he's cool now. I took a pic with him and his "I need a girlfriend shirt" and I made a "omg he's a creeper face" haha. On the other hand, we met a new one of their friends today named Tuto and he IS a creeper. At least when he's drunk. He asked uncomfortable questions too. On the carride back home he asked me what the name of my last bf was, if I still love him, and asked why to anything I said. Plus the fact that he kept switching cars (we had a whole crew going from their house to a discoteca that we ended up not going in and then rides home) to be in the one I was in. Or maybe just the one with the most girls. Beghh. But the dinner was a lot of fun... we had a BBQ with all of them and the food was AMAZING. I seriously ate so much-- two hotdogs, two mini brats, potato salad (buenisimo!!), chicken... and then soda along with that. I was a lil hungry lol. It was Kris' bday and he pounded too much alcohol ehhh... got sick. Alex and Allie from our program were at the house too (they all came with Kris' host bro Miguel) and so that was fun. Juan Paolo was SO nice and brought Monica, Allie, and me all directly home and it's a lil bit of a drive. He's a lil older than us... Monica and Allie think he's 28 but I think they were joking and he said he's 23. We'll have to ask him. AGES are sooooo hard to tell here... it's weird.
There is one name that if I understand it without any context of a sentence by the end of the semester, I will know I've mastered Santiago Spanish. "Pedro Valdivia". This is the name of a metro stop and also a street. It's impossible to understand when they say it. It's amazing-- I've heard prolly 30 times since I've been here and if I don't see a sign or they don't slow down when they say the name... impossible.
All the Chileans trying to say "Suzanne" is SO amazing. I love it. It's usually something like "Suze-ay-und." I say, oh just say Susana.. and they're like no, what's you're name in the US? lol. It's fun.
Today I was in such a better mood. I talked to Mom and Dad about the recent family drama that I guess had been weighing on me and it all came out. So I think stress level is significantly down. WOOT WOOT!
I miss people back home. I guess I'll just have to call them and swap stories for awhile. Then we'll be back together soon : ). Classes start Monday... we'll see how that goes!
There is one name that if I understand it without any context of a sentence by the end of the semester, I will know I've mastered Santiago Spanish. "Pedro Valdivia". This is the name of a metro stop and also a street. It's impossible to understand when they say it. It's amazing-- I've heard prolly 30 times since I've been here and if I don't see a sign or they don't slow down when they say the name... impossible.
All the Chileans trying to say "Suzanne" is SO amazing. I love it. It's usually something like "Suze-ay-und." I say, oh just say Susana.. and they're like no, what's you're name in the US? lol. It's fun.
Today I was in such a better mood. I talked to Mom and Dad about the recent family drama that I guess had been weighing on me and it all came out. So I think stress level is significantly down. WOOT WOOT!
I miss people back home. I guess I'll just have to call them and swap stories for awhile. Then we'll be back together soon : ). Classes start Monday... we'll see how that goes!
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