Ensename mas...

I made up for the day before by being pretty active on Thursday. I woke up to a call at 10am from Cynthia asking "where are you?" I heard a bunch of noise in the background then the call dropped because she ran out of minutes. I was very confused but I thought she was maybe out to breakfast or something with friends so I went back to sleep. Turns out she was at class...the one I was supposed to be attending as well. I thought we had a class at 3pm but it turns out I was switched around and we had a 10am not the 3pm...great first impression (or lack thereof).

Luckily we only received a syllabus and were sent on our way so I didn't miss anything. I had a nice lunch with the family from 1pm-3pm. Lunch is a long meal because there are 4 courses. Soup, meal, dessert, tea. It is really the only time where I can practice my Spanish for an extended period of time though so I really like it. I have been very humbled by the language barrier. It seems like 5o percent of adolescent Chileans can speak fluent English, and I've been studying for about 6 years and I still talk like a baby!

After lunch I got my stuff together and went over to Esteban's to chill and play some basquetbol. I got there and he was playing Fifa (soccer videogame for those of you over the age of 45). I tried my hand at it but got obviously got pwned. Later we popped in Madden (football) and then I showed them how the USofA does it (even though I was the Lions). Then Esteban and I went to the park to play some ball.

The park was absolutely beautiful. Esteban lives in the best part of Santiago, and arguably the best park of Chile. It's a really nice neighborhood. We shot around for a little then found a game to get in on. I didn't play so hot but Esteban and I had pretty nice chemistry and we did pretty well...either way it was a lot of fun I think I am going to go again on Friday.

We played for a long time, swung by a gas station on the way home for a gatorade and went back to his house to get something to eat. We had pitas with tuna and chick peas. We talked about our past, future, and life in general. I tried "tuna"...the name very much confused me becuase we were eating the fish tuna, but in Spanish the word "tuna" is a cactus fruit. It was actually very very good and I would love to find one of them if I was wandering a desert.

After dinner I went over to Cynthia's to celebrate someones birthday. Three new girls just got to Santiago from Loyola MD (the same school as Cynthia, Tara, Kristin, and Dana). Their names are Alexandra, Corrinne, and....someone else haha. It was Corrinne's birthday but we didn't do anything to special. We had about 12 friends over, introduced the new girls to Pisco, but it was a really nice relaxed night. The party ended early at about 3:30am and I caught a bus home without any shady confrontations! Great Success!