Fun times at the beach

The past couple of days have been exciting and fun. Beginning with Friday, in the morning I got up early (9:00...) and went to buy some tennis shoes. After this, I took a jog/walk along the beach. Its very entertaining because there are little exercise machines on the beach so, when you are tightening your abs, you can dream about the ocean because you can actually see it. Exercising is kind of like going to the park. After my productive morning, my friends and I walked to a beautiful beach called Reñaca. Here, we ate ice cream, empanadas, and watched the sunset (like always). A man selling Chile towels on the beach chased us, and a few stray dogs came to say hello.
Today, saturaday, I went to the grocery store with my dad. These stores are huge! At one time, child music came on, and mascots 10 feet tall roamed the store. I was scared to death, and my papa and I ran to the wine section, where these scary mascots were not present (haha). After having lunch, I went with my madre and padre to the farmers market. You can get all fruit and vegetables for a very low price; iceberg lettuce is 20 cents! This, was also an experience. They let all the fruit and veggies sit in the open and as you walk through, they yell prices and vegetables at you. Seeing as I'm always up to run e rrends, this was entertaining. I also got to ride in a vehicle, and see where I live from inside the car.
Tonight I went to the mall to do a little shopping. My friend Alisha and I ordered ice cream. You know how I told you the ordering process was interesting? Well... here's what happened. We paid for our food, and got numbers. Alisha and I thought they would call our number when the food was ready. We sat and watched the sign to see when our turn was. Before we knew it our number was skipped. At this point, we had no idea what to do. We stood in front of the icecream case and looked at each other fairly confused. It finally occurred to me what happened. Our number would've been called, we would've told them what we ordered and then we would've finally gotten our food. However, we had to interupt someone, explain what we did, and they had to make a special trip for us. At least we know what to do and next time we will do it better!
Un abrazo
xoxo... Kati