Antofagasta

I never thought I'd get suggestions about the internet from my mother, but I'll make sure it is the last one. I linked the title of this post to Antofagasta on Wikipedia (wow...my mother is so resourceful...especially in ways to embarass me on my own blog! Just incase you didn't read her blog...she loves me! Love you too mom!)

But I think the link to Antofagasta will be helpful instead of telling you everything I did in the downtown area yesterday. We really just had a tour of some cool stuff, and after walking all day we had a meeting (and thankfully it was in English, because I didn't have the energy to try and understand words about teaching) but the meeting was kind of a formality about what else we needed to start the camp! Thats right, soon these posts will be all about school...I might actually do something for once on this trip....

...but after all that thought of work, we decided it was important to vamos a la playa (go to the beach!) So as you can see after a long day of walking around getting farmers tans...the gringos went swimming! There were so many people at this beach, and I plan on returning frequently for "lesson planning" with everyone else.

So, my first Chilean experience happened after the beach. The previous night we were invited over to Rosalinda's daughter's house for empanadas mariscos (which is a fried pastry that they cook with different meat or cheese inside...no Jerm its not a Chilean Hot Pocket...at least it didn't give me diarhea!) So, they planned on picking us up at 7 and when we didn't get back on the bus until 7:30 I started freaking out. Because I'm a 9 (for those of you who know...yeah...you know) I was hoping that they wouldn't be mad at me, and I actually started looking for ways to say "I'm sorry", or "forgive me" or "I didn't mean to". So as Doss and I were sitting around enjoying the rest, there was a knock on the door at 9pm (yes two hours) and her son (Robert0) was there to pick us up, and he said, "Estamos listo?" (are you ready?)...what...that's it! I asked him if he came already, but he said they were just getting stuff ready and were coming now...I love Chile, but I'm going to have to put off being a 9 to really enjoy it! I think the best way to sum up the night is to show you the picture of Roberto's daughter dancing to Reggaton that night.

The next morning we got over to our SCHOOL to setup our own classrooms for next week. Then there was quite a bit of planning all day. I would like to supplement my experience of afternoon lunch with a link to Doss' blog, where he made a great observation about our afternoon snack that can be found below the picture of him in his classroom! This is also a good link for more pictures and I might direct you here every once in a while. Alright, was that enough for pictures and stories...I thought so. Last picture...hope you're enjoying your snow and cold weather...cause I have a sunburn! HAHAHA!