I haven't posted in a while but that is mainly because not a whole lot has been going on. The past week I went to school as normal and it's now clear that this is actual college as I had anticipated. By that I mean I've been assigned and completed projects, get homework, and I have now been assigned to read an entire book. So study abroad has now become STUDY abraod. However, school work aside I have still been able to have a lot of fun lately. This last Thursday I went to Santiago to attend the album release of my host brothers band. It was a unique experience because the concert was held in a radio station and broadcast live! And I'm happy to say they played and sounded great. If you want to look them up they are called Signuz. (Pretty good if I do say so myself). After the concert we preceded to a bar to celebrate. However the drinks in Santiago fashion were quite expensive so there wasn't a lot of "celebrating" if you know what I mean. However after the bar we all got into 2 vans and made the trip back to Viña around 1:00 am. The following day I went to my first discoteca which was similar to an American club. However I felt fairly cool because I was on the list to get in and didn't have to pay. However, the club was just ok for me becuase it's hard to do much when you can't communicate or ask someone to dance. But nonetheless the location was awesome and I had fun. On Saturday night I bonded with my other host brother who doesn't live here with us but who was visiting, and that was a lot of fun. And a nice clam night. Sunday (Easter) I cooked for my family! I made a pasta dish, asparagus, and garlic bread. I'm pleased to say it turned out great, however I was quite nervous before hand. And even went out twice to buy ingredients because I was sacred I didn't have enough (I had enough). I did go to the superstore jumbo though to look around. And jumbo means jumbo. It was like Walmart and Home Depot in one enourmous store. But, aside from that as I said the meal was great.
And speaking of food, by popular request I wanted to shar a little about Chilean food. The food here is great, lots of vegetables and lots of bread. There are lots of soups and stews, but I have had less seafood than I thought I would. It's been great enjoying every dish I've had here so far I was nervous about that before. My friends however have complained the food isn't spicy (it isn't), but I'm fine with that I don't like spicy food much. However when Chileans say something is spicy, it funny becuase it's really not. I've had two occasions when they have told be watch out its really spicy. And it wasn't even spicy for me. So there is defiantly a difference to the meaning of the word spicy here. Also, a tortilla in Chile is not what it is in the states, it's a whole dish not a burrito wrap. Also a great dish by the way. But in all the food is great and I'm always excited to eat lunch here and try something new.
If anything exciting happens ill be sure to post sooner. But until then, Hasta luego.
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