Two days ago, I went on my first REAL run in Chile with a
friend from school named Carla. Carla took me to her campo right outside of
Yungay. We ran about three miles to a lake that overlooked the towering Andes
in the distance. To make the view even better, the sun began to set and cast
pinks and purples across the sky. It felt so nice and liberating to breath in
the fresh air haha!
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| Carla and I:)) |
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| The campo |
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| The campo |
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| Ahh I wish I brought my camera to catch a better picture of the mountains! |
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| Sunset at the lake |
This run was the first time I could really take time to
think and get hyped up for the next year to come. I had been in constant motion
the past two weeks meeting new people every day, learning about a new culture,
spending time with all sorts of family, and learning the language that I had
almost no breaks or times to just relax. Because of all of these activities, I
have been feeling slightly anxious and overwhelmed. There are many moments in
school that I just want to break down crying because I can’t understand what people
are saying to me. I often feel like I can’t connect with my classmates very
well because I am unable to carry out a full-on conversation☹
In the States, I was super energetic, talkative, and loud, but here I find
myself super quiet and slightly timid. I experience the most frustration when I
have something funny to say or something good to contribute to a conversation
but I have no idea how to say it in Spanish. AHHH BRAIN EXPLOSION!!!
On a brighter note, I got the opportunity to meet my second
host family last week!! They are SUPER nice and good friends of my current host
family. I’ll have two younger host brothers: one the age of Emilio and the
other a little older than Martina. Their house has a tennis court and a pool!
Yesterday, I went to Chillán to watch my sister compete at a Tae Kwan Do tournament,
and they came as well. We all went Go-Karting and shopping together!!
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| Future backyard |
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| Future parents:)) |
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| ALL of my siblings at the mall |
I’m currently putting together a list of similarities and differences
between Chile and the US culturally, socially, and also physically, so hopefully
that’ll be my next post! But for now, CHAO😊
-Allie
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| Yungay |
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| Yungay in the morning |
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| Volcanoes behind my house! |
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