Cultural Activities

Well the weekend is over, and tomorrow I have school at nine in the morning. I hope classes actually start. My friend Natael and I went to the concert the next night. It was nice because there were actual Chilean youngsters, not just gringos, or Chileans who only go to the clubs. Not to mention, the music was very enjoyable. After the concert, a Chilean girl started talking to me on the Micro, she speaks English very well, and I think we will hang out later.
I returned home extremely early in the morning, and got a very limited time of sleep before I took a tour of Valparaiso with my COPA group. We were all stuffed onto a tour bus winding through super tiny streets. I don't know if I told you, but these house are built on hills. Its all up and down. The Chileans either have to walk up the hills every day (which a few of my friends live up hills, I've walked a few myself) or, take ancesores (elevators, almost). A lot of hills are not accessible with cars either. The tour was very entertaining. Despite discovering the streets, we went to a house of Pablo Neruda, took a boat tour (we saw sea lions), took a ride on the ancesors, and walked around in the city. I will definitely be returning to some spots we saw!
My friend Alysha noticed this is like a Doctor Seuss city. The houses are many many colors, and wind up and down ths city in no apparent manner.
Last night I went ot my first "asado" which is a barbecue. A young German girl, enamored with a Chilean man invited us over to her house. Five years ago, this girl studies abroad in Chile and had a crush on her brothers best friend. Despite not speaking German, the friend did a study abroad in Germany. This is where they fell in love. The German girl returned ro Chile with the boyfriend and they live together in his parents house. So, the girl is so kind and friendly. We ate chicken, sausage, and chorripan; a little bread sandwich with sausage in the middle. Like everything in Chile, it was suuuuuper rico ;).