Well I made it!
Just a quick 3 hour plane ride, 3 hour layover, another 10 hour plane ride and a speedy hour and a half car ride to get to Chile. And is it NOT hot here. It is winter, this fact hit me like a brick when we landed and I saw many leafless trees, among witch was the occasional palm tree too. While waiting in one of the customs lines I overheard a girl: "When they said 'winter' I thought, 'yeah, ok a light sweater.' it is freezing!" (duh, it's WINTER). While the coldest is only about 40 degrees, the apartment has no central heating, so it is VERY cold inside.
While I was unpacking, the two sons came into my room (yes, I have my own room, bathroom too, but they are both very tiny, anyway I'm grateful) showing me a Rod Stewart CD and a Bruce Lee ninja DVD. "You know?!" "Si" "Here, take them."
The children are very nice, Juan Ignacio, 16, is very outgoing and is a joker. Javier, 20, is also outgoing, but more serious, and Claudia, 22, is also nice, but only lives here on the weekends. Cecy, the mom is caring and jocular. She left today for Santiago, about 1.5 hours away because that's where her husband lives, he also only comes home on the weekends. I will meet him tomorrow.
We has lunch, and I got settled, then took a nap, when I woke up it was dark outside which made me panic, thinking I had slept for 7+ hours, then I realized it was only 6:30. So that brings me up to now, and I don't know what I will do tonight, probably just sleep more. There is wireless here, so I can Skype and be online alot, but I don't get my cell until Monday.
Besos y Abrazos,
Kaylie
Friday, July 31, 2009
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Kaylie! Ive missed you..reading this blog is very comforting and exciting!Seems like your host family is great and I cant wait to hear what youre up to next: classes, sight-seeing,food, etc. :) My sister is done with her classes and flew back to PR to finish her thesis defense, but will be back soon for the next session. Its kinda cool that you guys will only be an hour and a half from each other.
ReplyDeleteLove you, Take Care and Have Fun!