I have officially begun my new life here in Chile! Today was my second day here in Viña but my first full day. And from what I have heard this city sounds like a dream to those in Colorado. The weather is 75 with sun and a low of 60. Yesterday, after half a day in Santiago we left for Viña. And then as a group we all met our families. My host brother picked me up and then we went to our apartment where I met my host mom. And they are great! Very nice and very welcoming and it has been great to already feel as part of the family. My room is small but I don't need any more. And as I suspected it is too small to fit my large suitcase in. After getting to know my host family we all had dinner together and dinners here are much later. We have eaten dinner around 9:30 each night (which I actually like). Today all of the students studying abroad here had a short tour of the city and then took care of some boring official business. After though my host brother picked me up and we took the metro back home. After dinner both nights we have watched a huge music festival on tv that is occurring in this city, it is the largest one in Latin America. And I can even here it from my window. Watching it however is a little different than the u.s because we watch it in my host moms bedroom and sit on her bed, which is fine but a little different than what I am used to.
Luckily my family speaks slow for me, but Chileans speak incredible fast and like to cut off parts of words otherwise. Making the conversations that my family has with each other hard to understand but I'm excited because that just means in a few weeks my Spanish we be better than ever. My classes however still don't begin until the 6th of march. Meaning I have even more time off as if I needed any more. But this time I have a lot more to fill my time with. I am also excited to start school though because I heard that they have a tennis team and play on red clay. Playing on red clay has been a dream of mine for a long time and I can't wait to try it.
I'm probably forgetting a lot of details now about everything but Ill write more once my days aren't full from 9-6 and I have more time to write when I'm not as tired. I'm also working on posting some amazing pictures but since I only have an ipad here it has been a little harder to upload a picture since I can't just plug my camera and phone into my ipad. But all that everyone needs to know is; my family is great, Viña is great, and hopefully my school will follow suit. I'll try and post again tomorrow with more about my trip so far and with some pictures. But for now ¡Nos Vemos!
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