The Adventure of a Sensible Quixotic Girl in Chile: Random Doings

Hey everyone!

Last weekend was full of lots of fun!

On Friday night Leah, Chaz, Jacob and I went to a tradional dance party thing at La Casa Central where a lot of our classes are in Valpo. We payed 2 mil ($4) to get in and got an empanada and a glass of some hot spiced wine. We then got to watch people do traditional dances, some which we had learned in our Traditional Dance class! Chaz and I actually got pulled on the dance floor by our teaching assistant and had to dance the first dance! Go gringos!!! ^_^ We spent the next few hours dancing and watching people dance and having an overall great time! We decided to leave at about 1am as we were planning on going to "La Sala" a club in Valpo. We got there and after a hassle of getting in (Chaz and Jacob decided to go home) it was almost 2am! The club was really cool, like three rooms with different music and all underground! We got a free drink with entry and I think I drank that too quickly cause it's hard to dance with a drink! We met up with some of our other friends and danced for the next few hours! I got home at around 4:30am and started working on Trica stuff. (If you don't know what tricadecathlonomania is you'll have to ask sometime). I went to bed around 5:30am when the internet I was stealing cut out.

Later on Saturday between working on Trica stuff and homework I got invited to a baby shower for a family friend! It was really fun and I won a couple prizes, a tye-dye beanie baby bunny and a pen and notepad set!

The next morning I woke up early to travel with Leah to Laguna Verde (where I got owned by that wave) to watch and support Jacob in his 7km race! Leah, Chaz and I all wore tye-dye to support him and did lots of cheering! He placed like 6th! YAY! As soon as this was done I jumped on the micro to get back to Valpo then on the metro to get to my family who were having an asado (barbecue minus bbq sauce) at the Jardín Botanical (Botanical Garden) in northern Viña. I learned there that an asado pretty much just means grilling enough meat to feed a small army! We ate soo much and there were so much leftovers, even though there were probably 15 people there! I also walked around with my mom and her friend and we looked at lake and worked off some food! It was a super day and weekend!!!

<3Annie