OK well I’m a little behind on the blogging as we all can
tell. To be honest I’m a little over the blog, but I guess that one of the good
things about only having 2 months left. Well I haven’t done too much crazy
stuff since the last entry. It seems that last semester was more like crazy
adventures and ditching school to travel and staying out late on the weekends
and now I’m a little more back to reality focusing on my classes and
internship. It definitely isn’t a bad thing, just a new, distinct stage in the
study abroad experience.
A few weeks ago I did have the chance to go to one of the
days of the Lollapalooza which is an outdoor music festival that actually
started in Chicago 1991 where mostly rock bands play with a few exceptions.
This was my first music festival ever and I really enjoyed it!! We got to see
Foster the People, MGMT, Foo Fighters, a couple techno DJs, Fernando Milagras
(not sure if I spelled that right) but basically a Chilean group who I really
liked.
The day before that I went on the EAP (my study abroad
program) trip/ excursion to Pomaire. I didn’t go last semester but heard really
good feedback from my friends who did go so I decided to make the trip this
semester. Pomaire is a small town outside of Santiago originally inhabited by
Quechuas, who are the indigenous people from Peru. I was surprised because I
didn’t think the Quechuas had established so far south. The main source of
income in the town was and still is through clay. They would dig it from the
ground and make buildings and other pottery items. We got to see how the
process worked and hear different stories about the town. After, they served us
a nice Chilean lunch and we got to make our own pottery pieces. Then we could
go to town and buy some if we wanted. The town was really cute and had all
kinds of precious pieces. I was very tempted to buy a lot of things but I had
to keep reminding myself that everything I buy I have to carry home!
A couple of weekends later we had a holiday Thursday and
Friday so I traveled with my host brother from over the summer who goes to
school in Santiago down to Puerto Varas to visit the family I stayed with
during the summer. We got to stay in the apartment that is attacted to the new
house they are building. It was decorated very rustic and cabin like, and had a
very homey feel. It was nice to see them and spend some time with them and just
relax. We had a nice visit and they took me to see the next town over as well
called Fruitillar. They also had a new german shepard puppy that I absolutely
fell in love with!!! He was so adorable. So yeah that was a really nice little
getaway, and they played “the proposal” on the bus, which was great, haha
especially cause it was covered with Spanish talking.
In regards to my internship, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! I’m not
sure if I explained this before but I go to this all girls high school and help
out with the English classes. The girls are so cool and into it and always
really happy to see me, almost as happy as I am to see and talk to them, haha!
The other day I went and it turned out that the teacher had a meeting so they
gave me an assignment and I got to teach the class. We had to translate some
sentences and I had us all do it together on the bored and it was just really
fun for me. The girls were really cooperative and participated too, which was
great.
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| me with one of my classes, where's lauren? |
That’s about all that’s been going on for now besides school
and my oil painting class, that I am really liking. My first painting I gave to
that family when I went to see them in Puerto Varas, I thought it would be a
cool and personal gift and especially make sense seeing as they’re building a
house. So yeah, stay toned for more updates hopefully in less then a month like
last time.
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