Hola un otra vez! Today was our second to last day in Chile (I can't believe it is going by so fast already!) and like every other day before it, it has been a good one. It is amazing how every day here has been so fun! The culture here in Chile is just so amazing to experience and become immersed in the culture here, and see what life is like for the Chilean students. Today we had a free morning, so a group of us went to find fresh bread for breakfast at one of the small fresh bakeries in Viña del Mar. We quickly found a lovely little local place, with really cheap but delicious bread and sweets. It was an awesome breakfast, and it only cost roughly 1000 pesos, which is the equivalent to $2! After breakfast we went to a cute open markets for gift shopping, and then headed to the beach, where we spent a fun few hours taking pics and just hanging out. It was nice to get a fun few hours with the group, just reminiscing about the trip and talking about how we want to meet up again as a group once we go back to school next semester. Then in the afternoon, we headed out to go paintballing. This was my first time ever paintballing, and I thought it was a blast! We drafted ourselves into two teams after receiving our jumpsuits, pinnies, guns and masks, and then we each took our positions around two separate towers, roughly 50 yards apart, with a large ditch in between, and sandy, desert-like terrain. The goal of the game we were playing was to capture the flag that was placed at the bottom of the ravine between the two towers, and successfully bring it to the other team's tower without getting shot. But if you got shot, you had to put your hands up and return to your tower for 40 seconds, before you could get back in and help your team again. Playing was so fun, it was like a real life video game, and the fact that it did sting a little when you got hit just pumped up the adrenaline even more. We played several games, and it lasted more than two hours. I enjoyed it so much, and would definitely go again once back in the states! After paintball, we had a free dinner, so a large group of us decided to try Chilean Chinese food, just to see what it was like. Fortunately, our waiter actually grew up in Arizona, so he was fluent in English as well as Spanish, and could help us in ordering as we would have had no idea what to get otherwise. The food was actually very good, I got pineapple chicken, which was just like our sweet and sour chicken, and the mixed rice we got was delicious as well. Well, tonight is our second to last night here, so I will only be blogging from Hotel America one more time!
Fun fact of the day: 1 American dollar is currently worth roughly 482 Chilean pesos. For an example of how this works, a large pizza is worth around 5,000 Chilean pesos.
Delicious and cheap breakfasts!
Hasta mañana,
Christian
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