Since I last posted I have had some of the best times of my whole trip in Chile. Most of them occurred during the week of September 18th, which is the fiestas patrias here in Chile. It is essentially a week long party celebrating independence. However, before I could start this week I had a macroeconomics test on the Saturday morning before, which was not only hard because it was at 10am on a Saturday but also because it was calculus based economics in Spanish and was incredible hard. However, with the test in the passed I embarked on a wild week of BBQs and parties. During this week there is a large carnival setting set up at the local horse racing track and its call the Ramadas. I spent a good amount of time and money there but it was all worth the experience. In addition to this carnival the week is mainly celebrated by asados, or BBQs and I ate an immense amount of meat and empanadas during this week, but again it was all worth it. On the actual day of the 18th I went with my family to the country side near vina for a large family asado. There were about 30 people there and to put how much meat is eaten into perspective, there was so much meat brought to the house there was still some left over after 30 people eating throughout the entire day and into the night. It was a great experience for me as well as a fun one. Local chilean games are played, conversations are had, and lets just say "a few" drinks are had as well. Aside from this asado I think I went to a party or another asado everyday of this week. And a few of them were in true Chilean fashion which means getting back home at between 4-6 in the morning. But it works out because you just sleep all of the next day until there is another asado or party to go to. However, in reality this week was a lot more than just partying it was a great experience of chilean culture and a great week with my family and friends and I meet new people and had experiences I will never forget which makes me glad I stayed a year.
As you can imagine after 8 days of partying going back to school and getting up at 7am wasn't the easiest. However, I made it through this and through another international economics exam. This test was hard but not as bad as my macro one. And apart from this exam the week was a normal week at school. But on thursday it was a good friends birthday, and if you have picked of a theme from this post you'd guess that again there was another party. However, I didn't say out too late. (only 4am this time). On friday I went and supported my host brothers band at their local concert, which was a lot of fun, and even more fun since I was with the band and got to be apart of the after party. And saturday and sunday we calm days and I just stayed in and relaxed. However something exciting for me during these past two weeks and a first for me is that I got to play on a red clay tennis court! I played decent but it is very different than hard courts and feels like you are walking on ice sometimes. But I am extremely happy I got to play and hope I can again soon.
Ive kept this post rather short so feel free to ask any questions you may have about my experiences or the parties. And I have some trips that are in the works so I look forward to updating everyone on those and where I will be going next. Until the Chau.
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