Wow. Is it cold here. Initially the cold isn't too bad, it's like a normal Minnesota October where the temperature hovers in the 40s and 50s. But they don't have central heating here. You might say no big deal, there's other heating. WRONG. You get your heat from showers, small space heaters and the occasional cup of coffee or tea during the day, otherwise there is no heat. So while it's not horribly cold if you're jumping outside from one fully heated place to another, it's definitely cold on an ongoing basis. Thankfully there's only about a month or so left of this cold and it'll start turning warmer. Most days I can handle it pretty well, but today is a different story so thus why I am complaining about it so much here! I'm experiencing it as I'm writing my update to you all.
I'm definitely enjoying myself here despite how cold it gets. There is A LOT of partying going on here, some of my friends have gone out every night since we've gotten here going till at least 2:00 in the morning if not later. Chileans stay out till four or five most of the time. For myself I've been out twice and haven't stayed out too late yet, but the next three nights are full of plans... Thankfully it's the weekend! Plus it's the week before classes start so everyone seems to be trying to get some good parties in before we hit the books.
My family is awesome. They tend to be very laid back and calm (except for when the grandchildren come over... then things get a little hectic when nap time is missed). We always seem to have a good amount of things to talk about and they are great at giving me advice on life in Chile. My mom is a really good cook and we always have lunch together so far. I think my favorite "meal" of the day is once (ohn-say... the Spanish word for eleven) which is their tea/coffee time. Mainly I look forward to it to warm my hands up and eat some of the AMAZING bread that is always around. I moved in with my family on Sunday and got settled and organized by the end of the night and am getting more and more accustomed to their daily life every day. The first couple of days I had the hardest time figuring out how to get into my home however and could never open the doors and turn the locks right... I still have some difficulties with the gate but not as horrible as in the beginning.
The last few days we've started our base classes for the CIEE course of our choice and we've been doing orientation meetings with the international program of the university (PIEE). We register for our university classes on Monday and start on Wednesday, I'll be taking another four classes there for a total of six which is quite unfortunate. I think I'll be looking at seventeen credits because I had to add an additional course to get me over the sixteen credit minimum of our program.
So far nothing hugely exciting, but I know you're all looking for updates so...
Hope everything is fine at home,
Love to you all!
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