Mexican People in Chile!

Well my mom and nana flew back to the U.S. this morning
(right when U.S. President Barack Obama flew into Santiago, btw)
and I couldn't be more devastated. Although we were all completely
exhausted the entire time from running all over the place, the time
we shared here was incredible. I am loving my time here in Santiago,
but seeing them made me realize how much my family means to me
and how crucial their presence is to my well-being. Thank God there
are things like Facebook, Skype, and blogs to keep me in touch with
them while I enjoy the rest of my semester abroad.

Without further ado, PICTURES!! On Monday I decided to give them a little taste of the city by visiting some of the maintourist attractions like: Plaza de Armas, La Moneda, Cerro Santa Lucia, and Bellavista. You might recognize some of these places from earlier posts. 













  





Walking through the city, I also had the opportunity to introduce them to realChilean cuisine! We all tried mote con huesillos for the first time, which is some kind of drink made of sweet peach juice with little wheat kernels (reminiscent of kix). It was actually pretty good! And they also bought a few candies off the street. 



Here are some photos of typical Chilean food that we definitely did not eat, hahaha. We had a delicious pizza later. 





It was an insane day -- we literally went all over the city!  The next morning while I was in class, my mom & nana took a city tour(where they saw basically the same things we saw on Monday) and thenwe spent the evening at Parque Arauco, a huge mall in Las Condes,the ritzier area of Santiago. The mall was AMAZING and we endedup eating there and watching the movie "BIUTIFUL" with Javier Bordem.Most of the movies here are in English with Spanish subtitles but this movie was in Spanish with no subtitles hahaha, which made it hard to understand. It seemed good, though?
I will talk about what we did on Wednesday in my next post... I will give you a hint... WINEEEEEEEEE. ♥