Everyday Life In Chile

I've been lucky enough to have to opportunity as most of you know to study in Chile the past 3 months

Its been a roller coaster ride full of tons of different emotions

at first I missed my family and the luxury's of home

then I got a little used to the lifer here and now im pretty content most days

but I thought I would link up with Kelly and Show you what my life here in Chile is like on a daily basis

So..

Monday threw Thursday I have classes

I take a Chilian Culture, Grammar, and Pronunciation class

the classes are pretty difficult and pretty easy all at the same time

Its really difficult because well I just don't know Spanish

I've been studying for 3 months now and I can get by with the little bit I know and hand motions

the teachers here are all very helpful and if I need help with anything they would do it!

I have a tutor that I go to on Tuesday mornings

she is my program (CEA) coordinator in Chile 

She is fabulous and has helped me so much over the past few months

so I go to school in the morning and then I have the afternoons free to do what ever

somethings we go to the beach, sometimes we just walk around Vina

but we usually do something

I am still not over the whole feeling like im on vacation and need to be doing something all the time feeling and neither are my friends

So usually we are out and about most afternoons and especially now since summer is starting!!

Once or twice a week I get the chance to go to a Orphanage and volunteer 

they have 12 kids staying there and they are precious

a lot of times they can drive you nuts because they run wild a lot but

they are super precious and already Im struggling with having to leave at the end of the semester

I told my mom the other day that I would be adopting one if I were old enough

The week days are pretty boring and chill around here not much excitement going one

which is fine by me because I am just a pretty relaxed person

but the weekends is where all the fun come in

So  far since I've been here we've done something just about every weekend 

we went skiing, visited other little towns around here or gone with our school on trips around Chile

there had been quite a few holidays since we have been here that we had school of for 

So those weekends  we have been able to take extra long trips 

this past weekend I went to Argentina 

over spring break we went to Peru to visit Machu Picchu

and then on the last one coming up in a few we are heading off to a fun place in Chile

traveling has been my favorite part about being down here

Its fairly cheap to travel around South America so that has been such a blessing 

allowing me to see places I never thought I would ever get to see!

that's all the fun stuff but here are a few fun facts about my life here in Chile

~we eat a huge lunch 

~dinner is not served until usually after 9 PM sometime

~I Live in a small little apartment with an older lady and a wonderful "sister"

~I walk to school every day, it takes about 7 or 8 minutes 

~ there are about 10 bakeries withing one block of my apartment

~McDonald's has become something I crave, never happens at Home

~I get freshly made juice everyday

~I've mastered communicating with my hands

~the weather is opposite of the States so its spring time here

~I've made wonderful friends that I will cherish forever!

here are a few pictures of my life here in Chile

Chile is a beautiful country 

home to the driest desert in the world 

and has some of the most beautiful mountains in the world

I would encourage anyone to come and explore!!