We went white water rafting on Wednesday. It was pretty fun, except for the fact that our friend almost lost his face. We went straight under a rock and his helmet stopped us. Our guide seemed a little bit reckless and he was not very funny. One of the other guides kept making dumb jokes in English and then would ask afterward "Was that funny, Was that a good one?" After rafting I went to camp for a few days. It was fun to see everyone and figure out some projects to work on when work teams come. It was fun to get out of the city for a few days, except that it rained non stop from wednesday until saturday. On Friday night we went to a friends house and Steph made chili (it was tasty) for some of our friends' birthdays. We played Uno attack and I won one of the games which I was excited about because Steph likes to be competitive. She took it well and actually congratulated me on winning, it only took her about 10 minutes to work herself up to it. Steph and I came back to Santiago on saturday and ran some errands. I'm working on my driving skills here, I'm getting better but still have some to learn. You always have to be on your guard and can never relax. I find it hard to even talk to Steph while I'm driving because I get scared of getting hit. In a lot of instances, the bigger car has the right away. Yesterday we continued the birthday celebrations at the movies. We saw Marley and Me with friends and Steph and I realized that we are not dog people. We had been planning to go out to dinner to an italian restaurant we had been to before and like eating at. But when we got there, there was only one table available as two parties had reserved the rest of the tables. Rather than being the awkward couple that did not belong we moved on to somewhere else. Several debates and laps around the block in Los Jardines (an upscale neighborhood) resulted in eating at "Front Door". The food was really good, we just wish that our table had not been under a speaker that was blasting music. It was hard to have a conversation and was pretty annoying. Another annoying thing is that when we arrived they sat us on the front porch at a reserved table. Nicer restaurants place reserved signs on the tables and decide when you arrive if you can dine there or where you can sit. Being white or rich gets you a seat, which is convenient for us, but racist nonetheless.
Last night I surpassed a new hurdle. Generally at night, Steph has to drive me to Katie and Aldo's (where I'm staying). But last night I drove back there alone. I'm getting pretty confident in driving here, especially when traffic is minimal. Today the weather cleared up and made for a gorgeous morning. We had brunch with some friends and then went downtown and wandered around a park and the market area. We were hoping to find some entertaining shirts but were unsuccessful. Steph is making lasagna for dinner...it looks really good!...
And Ben looks really great as a tourist chasing birds in the park with a bottle of water in hand.
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Sounds like you guys are having a great time! That post reminded me of when we went to the 27 waterfalls and you broke your toe, Steph...have you gone back there much? Do you remember when we were there I, of course, just had flip-flops (and still only own flip-flops) which broke in about the first 5 minutes of our trip so I had to go barefoot and then David kindly gave me his gym shoes that were about 10 sizes to big, as he jumped around like that was where he was born? Ah, thanks for bringing back the good memories!...
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