we went down these streets simular to bridge street in burlington where tons of chileans were selling everything u could think of....from movies to sunglasses to food to halloween costumes...pretty cool...then we went to the train station it was actually pretty interesting my host dad was telling me that the train station itself is built on these beams that pivot at the ground level so then when there are earthquakes the building is able to move a little and not stay rigid and break.... neat fact!!!
next we walked around to more shops where crazy chileans were yelling at you to buy their stuff next we walked to this building that was shaped like a cone...before we got to it i asked my host dad what it was because it kind of stood out and he was trying to explain to me what it was but i didnt understand so he decided to just bring me to it to show me
when we get to the front of the building there is a sign that says "planetario" which means planetarium.... i know pretty cool...soo we go inside and there is a mini museum of some interesting space paraphernalia and while we are looking at this.... a staff member comes up and tells us that there is a show in half an hour....soo my host dad gets all excited and asked how long it is and how much it costs...needless to say we end up going to see this show about the planets in the planetarium...it was all in spanish but suprisingly i understood quite a bit...the funny thing is...my host dad told me before we went in there that i wasnt allowed to fall asleep...and during the show i look over and sure enough my host dad is passed out in the seat next to me....
later that nite we went to a costume birthday party for a family friend.... i went as a witch, my host mom was a arab person (not trying to make an ethnic slur just dont know what the proper term is) with a cloth wrapped around her head and my host dad went as the same thing and my host brother went as a ninja... it was pretty fun...the party started at 8 and we finally left there at around 2...long nite...but it was kewl and different and i got to speak a lot of spanish and learned some new things......
then we went to my host dad's sisters house and slept there...i slept in this room with an older lady who i think was another one of my host dad's sisters but im not sure... then in the morning we left around noon and went to a mall in santiago...... lots of fun...the stores there were pretty expensive but had really nice stuff....i was soo tempted to buy one of everything but held back and didnt buy anything....i kept telling myself i have a whole year...i dont need to go crazy in my first month!! haha... then we left the mall around 4ish and went and had dinner at my host dad's moms house (she was feeling better today) then came home...well there is my weekend in a nut shell.....sorry i didnt upload any pics.....but i didnt take that many and i figured a little reading would be a pleasant change!!!!
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