Thursday, October 15, 2015

Today marks my two months here and Chile and I could not be happier with who I am and where I am today. I have made amazing Chilean friends and an exchange family that I will carry with me for my entire life. I have shivered in the freezing mornings and boiled in the hot afternoons in Los Andes, danced Pascuense, the traditional dance of Easter Island, in front of my entire school when an 8.3 earthquake hit, and am mastering a form of Spanish that has more slang than actual words. I have accidently screamed touchdown when my school's "futbol" team scored a goal and gotten hit in the head with a volleyball more times than I can count. I went skiing at one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world, and while at Portillo had the amazing opportunity to meet USA Olympic gold medalist in ski racing Mikaela Shiffrin, one of my idols. I have rode horses and practiced cattle crowding while being yelled at in rapid fire spanish. I found a new favorite type of music, Reggaeton, and wondering where it has been all my life. I have already had so many amazing experiences, and have so many more on the horizon. At two months, Chile has treated me just fine.

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