Ooooooh man. I am not doing so well with this blogging thing this time. But as I return home a month from tomorrow (I haven't even mentioned that here yet, have I? But I'm sure all of you know anyway), and as I've received a little flak about this (hello, Mom and Melissa!), I'm breaking my internet silence.
Hello! I am still alive. Viña is lovely, of course. I work in a series of kindergartens and nurseries (sala cunas) in Viña, Reñaca, and Valparaíso, where I sing to babies and teach English to "big kids"--aged 3-5. My Spanish is improving dramatically, but much of the vocabulary I'm learning is child-related (moquito, for example, is the diminuitive of snot, as in, "Eleanor, let's get some paper for your moquito"). Living with Jaimie and family is wonderful and I am very grateful to them for taking care of me!
I've been doing a lot of wandering around Valparaíso during my free afternoons. Last weekend we made it to Concon up the coast to visit the sand dunes. Christine from Peru (well, from D.C., but you know) is coming to visit next week, so I'll get in a lot of touristy things then. Still hoping to make it to the north of Chile for a weekend trip. And that's a two-paragraph summary of my last 1.5 months. Photos and more satisfying narrations to come, I promise!
I am SO relieved to hear from you! I hope you are having a wonderful, spectacular, terrific experience. And, I certainly don't take offence to the (hello, Mom and Melissa)comment. I am a mother after all. Plus, I want to live vicariously through you! Take care, and keep writing!!! Can't wait for sauna and wine once you get home!
ReplyDeletePlease humor me...I need to correct my grammatical errors in my previous post. It will say the same thing, just in proper English:
ReplyDeleteI am SO relieved to hear from you! I hope you are having a wonderful, spectacular, terrific experience! And, I certainly don't take offense to the (hello, Mom and Melissa) comment. After all, I'm a mother, you know. Plus, I want to live vicariously through you! Take care, and keep writing! I can't wait for sauna and wine once you come home!
eww... I don't like snot or mosquitoes but find that connection to be amusing. Miss you friend! more soon.
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