Much needed update on my life here

Sorry I haven't posted in so long!! I'm running around so much here that I'm really spacey and forget stuff like this..please forgive me!

Gosh I've been up to a lot...it's kind of hard to describe it all.

First major change: I'm not picky anymore. I eat crazy vegetables, avocado, fish, all sorts of stuff. Basically whatever they put in front of me.

I'm taking classes at 2 universities, one of which looks like Hogwarts. It's sooo gorgeous, even prettier than Rhodes. All of my classes are in Spanish and I'm taking Chilean poetry, literature, spanish, history, christian anthropology, and probably one other class. (It looks like a heavier load but classes are rarely worth 4 credits here...many are 2 or 3 so I'm really just taking the normal 16 credit load).

I live in Viña del Mar, Chile which is sister cities with Valparaíso. It's on the coast and it's so beautiful with all of these crazy hills and cliffs too. I've explored Viña and Valpo really well and know my way around and last weekend we also went to the nearby Sand Dunes which were awesome (check my pictures on facebook).

I ride the buses everywhere. They're really intimidating at first because you definitely have to be on your game about getting on and off or you might fall and break a leg because the drivers don't really like to stop.

I love my host family. It's just me here with my parents, but they have 3 older children who live in Santiago who I'm hoping to meet soon. We live in a high rise apartment (14th floor) and have a great view. There's no heating indoors in Chile, because most people can't afford it, so I'm always really cold and have to wear like 5 layers of clothing, drink lots of hot tea, take scolding hot showers, and sleep under 5 thick blankets jajaja. But I'm getting used to it and it'll start warming up in September. The weather has been gorgeous for the most part so that helps too.

We go out a tonnn. Chileans pregame til about 2am and then leave to go to the clubs so the clubs aren't really packed til about 3am and then everyone stays out until around 6am. It is roouuugh. jajaja. The clubs are ridiculous! They're like underground with 3 different huge rooms usually with different dj's playing different kinds of music. Chileans are obsessed with raggaeton and this is my favorite song they play in the clubs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I9ytgRg_F8

The other gringos (white people) in my program are really cool and I'm getting along well with everyone. Also, I've met lots of chileans and I love hanging out with them. The people are so friendly here and are willing to help you whenever you need it. I've also felt really confident and safe for the most part. I walk lots of places and people stare at me because I'm white and have green eyes, but they haven't been offensive.

That's all I can really think of for now...Post questions if you want to know anything specific or just to chat! :)