Ice, Ice Baby

First day of school at La Católica was amaaaazing. 

I had a communication class at one campus in the morning with two friends from

my program and I ended up befriending a really sweet brazilian girl! Funny thing: she is

also in Chile to learn Spanish (she only speaks Portuguese!) so that made things
 interesting, haha. The class was very interesting and I was amazed at how
 well I could keep up. I wasn't able to participate in the discussion

 (I just could not form the sentences quickly enough in my head!),
but I really enjoyed the dialogue and cannot wait to learn more from that class.  

In the afternoon I headed over to a different campus for an aerobics class,

met a group of exchange students from New York on the metro, and quickly

became friends with a Chilean girl in my class. She was seriously the nicest

person ever. She went with me to talk to the teacher after class, helped me register

in the office, and even waited for me so we could take the metro together. 

Why are Chileans so friendly????? 

 

Without further adieu, here are more pictures from my trip down south.

Sorry if you are getting sick of them, there are just sooo many cool things

we did and I am obligated by law to show them to my family!

After our exhausting hike to the Torres del Paine, my friends and I decided walking to 

the halfway point of the main glacier in the park, Glacier Grey, would be sufficient. 

We took it slow and had so much fun on the trail playing truth or dare,

two truths and one lie, and all those other awkwardly revealing games that 

result in you knowing way more about your friends than you ever wanted to!!

It was raining off and on that day, which ironically made the hike even more beautiful.

There was a lot of exotic plantlife and so much green everywhere --

I felt like I was walking through a rain forest! Oh and there was also 

a pretty little meadow that looked like it was straight out of Twilight!
Our skin didn't sparkle, though :(

 

The trail was beautiful, the conversation was very amusing,
and the glacier was sooo cool (hah! in more ways than one).

*jessica darling reference. please tell me somebody understands this*

Up next, chillin' with guanaco's & sittin' on a waterfall...
♥