6:00- 22:00

Hola!

I left this morning at 6 am, and just got back from a wonderful day skiing in the Andes. Talk about beautiful. The day was beautiful, the scenery was beautiful and the skiing was fantastic. It has been six years since I've been on ski's, so finally when I really started to go... I had a greeaaaat time! A couple things, these mountains do not have any pine trees, so its straight down the mountain. There are a lot more pully lifts than chair lifts, there are less signs saying "caution" "raise the bar now" or "keep ski tips up". Who needs to spend money on signs, when you are already paying your employees. On one of the first runs I took, a man yelled from below "deja la barra!! deja la barra!" which means, lower the bar. A few friends of mine learned to ski in the Andes, and they loved it! I wish you would've seen this scenery, I will put pictures up, but justice will not be served.
We were at the very tip top of a mountain, and looking over, were other mountain tops. The fog that engulfed these mountains amidst the gray clouds, complimented by a glowing blue sky was absolutely amazing. On our way down the mountain, we experienced the sunset, pink clouds, white mountain, Chilean mountain side, textured clouds and alpenglow. Spectacular.
Other than my amazing day today, I've been going to school. I'm taking a "paper making" class... should be, fun. And a biotechnology and bioethics class, it will discuss cloning, human experiments, morality... and things such as this. Should also be fun.
If you have seen all the exchange students at our house, you will know upon arrival to the USA, they do not have a good opinion of it. Its quite interesting the amount of bad information these people are receiving, and absolutely believing. The media leaves a beautiful blond cheerleaders and football players type on the people, one class I was in said, the US did a human experiment on healthy children who were incompetent as humans (genetic disease) then asked why a country that stands for human liberties would do this. I watched a spoof movie today that was ridiculous, and Latin America thinks US is the owner of them. Its quite interesting.
Spanish is hard to learn in a society where I'm surrounded by so much English. But don't worry, my skills in both speaking and listening are getting better. Many people continue to go out of their way to be nice, however, many people don't. Every day is getting warmer, but I still went skiing in August.
Un abrazo
xoxo... Kati