Pumped to go skiing the night before...
And squeezed into the elevator the next morning!
The gang minus Iñaki
We wolfed down all the fries like they were the last food on Earth!

Colorado... in Chile!!!

Me and Ruthie-you can see Santiago in the background

Cloudy mountains

Coming down the mountain at the end of the day
Me and Becky

What a perfect day!
Me and Katherine

More Pictures from La Serena

La Serena

This weekend I traveled north six hours to La Serena with the other members of my group. It was a beautiful ride up the cost and we stayed in little cabanas right next to the beach that was about 5 miles long. The first night after having dinner in Vicuña, we took vans up into the mountains to an observatory called Mamalluca. It was amazing. It was about 11p.m. and we first watched a presentation about the constellations. It was live footage and with the equipment they were able to zoom in on stars and planets that you couldn't even see with the naked eye. Then they took us to the rooftop where they have 2 telescopes and we saw the moon (see picture), Jupiter and its moons, and stars that looked like one, but when zoomed in on where made up of many. It was the perfect night, not one cloud, and mountains all around us. We learned about the south cross and other new constellations that I had never heard of before. 

On saturday we had a free day so some of us took a long bike ride by the beach and then walked around the town or La Serena, which has different architecture from places like Valparaíso. All and all the trip was a success and I think everyone had a great time. I would love to go back in the summer when the weather is warmer!

GRAFFITI

A Walk Through the Hills

Today Emma, my host mother's sister took us for a walk around some of the hills in Valparaíso. It was a sunny day and you could see all the way to Reñaca and Con-Con. I loved seeing the narrow passages and staircases that weave through the hills covered in graffiti. The graffiti is all over, but they are more like murals and usually very artistic. Sundays are spent relaxing and sharing meals with extended family. Dad, you would really like some of the houses around here, they use a lot of tin~!