La belleza de Valparaíso

This past Thursday was a holiday from school. I found out that we didn't have class on Thursday during our class on Wednesday. Apparently everyone else had realized this for some time. Anyways, Maggie invited me, Luke, and Meg to go to Valparaiso for the day. We got a whirlwind tour of this town that is only 1.5 hours from Santiago. It is the Chilean version of San Francisco because it is a city built on a hill. It even has ascensores which are little cars that run on tracks down hills and all around the city. "Valpo" is the oldest port town in all of South America and when it was first founded, people came from all over the world to trade in this port. We decided to sample out some of the fish that makes Valpo so famous when we arrived so we went to a restaurant right on the water. Our table was out on the balcony with an ocean view as our dessert throughout the meal. After a pisco sour, a cup of vino, and a platter of Reineta fish with papas fritas, we were all stuffed. Megan and I had split our impressive fish platter but we had also wanted a salad so we picked one that said: Ensalada de plata y tomatoe. Well they aren't kidding, because they brought us a plate of just palta y tomatoe...sin lechuga. I guess that's how they do it here because one girl in the program ordered una ensalada de plata and was greeted with a plate chock-full of palta (avocado). haha So Megan and I enjoyed our plate of pure tomato and avocado. At the end of the meal, we all took a shot that is supposed to help with digestion. Es usualmente un trago amargo que ayuda a calmar la guata despues de la comida. Quizas el trago nos ayudó porque exploramos por la ciudad durante el resto del día. Las fotos siguientes son de nuestra aventura en Valpo:

View from our restaurant by the shore

Maggie and her friend Adriana

Megan, Me, and my host brother Luke

This is how I feel sometimes when I am exploring Chile.

The City on the Hill

Every house is painted some bright color...

...so the city resembles a variety box of Crayola crayons.

Now THAT'S a McDonalds.


When your world breaks down
When the voices tell you turn around
When your dreams give out, I will carry you
When the stars go blind
When the darkness starts to flood your eyes
When you're falling behind, I will carry you.


La Vista Anochecida


Listen to life while connecting the dots


If you listen, the art might just speak.

Amor.

Si no fuera por ti, no sería feliz.

Una mezcla de la naturaleza y la arte hecho de mano