Thursday, August 28, 2008

Primero dia de clases


Yesterday was my first day of classes at La Universidad Austral, and they all went well.  I can tell my Spanish is improving already!  After class, several students and I went out to a local pub and had some french fries and cervezas.  I had been drinking one of the local beers, kuntsman, most of the times I went to bars, so I decided we should try something new.  The only problem was that I didn't know that the "new" beer I had selected would look and taste like this...

Needless to say, mint beer is not where it's at.  So after trying to drink some green minty beer, I ordered a pisco sour and a pitcher of Kuntsman and everything was MUCH better!


Tuesday, August 26, 2008

First Days in Chile

So I finally made it to Valdivia!  It took a while, but after almost a full 24 hours of traveling and a little confusion about my surfboards, I made it to my new home.  Today marks the 6th day I've been in Chile, and so far it's awesome.  The food is really good, the people are friendly, the city is beautiful, and the public transportation system is pretty easy to navigate.  I start classes today at La Universidad Austral De Chile, and while I'm a little nervous about taking a full class load in spanish, I'm stoked to be in school again.