School is pretty boring (I know you´re shocked by this profound statement). For the most part, I only understand what´s going on when the teacher directly is talking to me. After the first minute of class, I just begin to tune everything out (so I guess Chilean school isn´t too different after all!). I understand more and more every day, but it is much harder than I expected to pick up the language. Then again, I´ve only been here for two weeks. I´ll get it eventually!
This weekend was a lot of fun! On Friday night I went over to a classmate´s house along with some other kids from my curso. On Saturday morning I visited La Cruz de Coquimbo (see pictures below) with my family, and then later that evening I went to the birthday party of another exchange student in La Serena from Czech Republic. After the birthday party, I experienced my first "discoteca" with my host brother and some of his friends. Today (Sunday), I slept in and then just hung out with my host family until around 4pm, when I went out with my cousin to learn how to surf!! Although I never quite got the hang of it, I had a lot of fun and I´m sure that in a year I´ll be much better if I stick with it (although sticking with things has never been my strong suit).
Anyways, I´m off to bed. I am having a great time here in Chile. Please enjoy the following photos! :)
A family photo before saying goodbye to Anto last weekend!
(The view of La Serena/Coquimbo from La Cruz)
La Cruz was built in 2000 to celebrate the 2000th birthday of Christ. It´s really REALLY tall.
First day of school!
Surfing!
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