Chills

Hello, all!

There's nothing too exciting to report from here in the Southern Hemisphere, other than the intense cold that there has been in the mornings and later at night. Central heating is SUPER expensive here so no one has it, making the houses very cold. However, it still has gotten very nice in the 60s this week!

Well, yesterday was quite a busy day. We had class, of course, in the morning. Rachael and I got some lunch after class to eat in the ISA office. We have to analyze a poem by Neruda for our Film and Literature class, so we worked on that and talked with some fellow students for a while. Then we had a silly orientation about culture shock. It was slightly useless, but it was nice to see everyone from our program again! I did some more homework after going home and ate dinner with my host family.

At about 9:30, Rachael and I met up with Jordan, Jack, Marlo and Tori at Café Journal in Viña del Mar. Wednesday nights are supposed to be really popular with "gringos" here, but we were really the only ones on the first floor. It was really crowded and fun to hang out with some other people. We didn't stay out too late, by Chilean standards, but we still had a good time!

More classes this morning and then work on a paper and presentation. Hooray! I also had a delicious lunch with my host family. Hope everyone's doing well!