Tuesday was my longest day of classes yet...but it was a fun day. We started off with cuentos hispanoamericanos (short spanish stories) and read some traditional latin american stories and analyzed them. Then we had our culture class...it's really interesting and fun. We had to interview each other and find out about our interests and compare them to the Chilean way...we had a good time. I went home after class and took a little siesta. My friend Cynthia invited me over to her house to meet her family...they are really nice.
I went over there and we hung out for a while...studied a map of Santiago and talked about travel plans for the semester. Another girl Tara came over for a while, and Cynthia's mom brought us some snacks and drinks and we all talked about the past and future. Tara had to go home to eat dinner with her family (at 11pm...crazy schedule huh?) so we met our friend Dana at the metro and went to a local hangout on the main street. It was really relaxing and calm. Dana and Cynthia went to the bathroom, and while I was on purse guarding duty the table next to me (6 businessmen) called me over.
They asked me about my pretty gringa friends and offered me a seat. We joked around a little and when Cynthia and Dana returned from the bathroom they sat with us. The guys were really cool. They were abogados/lawyers. (But wouldn't you tell a couple cute American girls you were a lawyer too?) Nonetheless...they were good guys. They spoke English and told me of some good places to go in Santiago, and also other cities in Chile to visit. They gave me some great tips.
In Chile, you can be a doctor or lawyer at a young age because the training begins right after high school...you don't need a bachelor's degree to go to law school or med school. The guys were between 21-26...but they looked 28-35. One voluntarily showed me his I.D to prove he was only 22 and it was actually his birthday. We had a lot of fun with them. Our server, Lucho, was very funny too. The lawyers had gone through a couple pitchers of "crystal", the local beer...but they assured me that Lucho was the most tipsy of all. Lucho was very funny but he spoke in a lot of slang and I didn't catch much. The guys wanted us to come back to a house to hang out with them but it was already 2am and we had class the next day so we parted ways.
Dana and I walked Cynthia home and we caught a cab back to our places...I try to make sure none of the girls walk alone because Santiago can be a dangerous place if you are not heads up.
Pictures are coming soon I promise!
Hasta manana
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