This past week has zoomed on by...making me realize how important it is to enjoy the last few weeks I have here. On Wed. I went to the elementary school to help out for aobut 2 hours. The kids are starting to be more comfortable around me and I even got to talk to the majority of them. After talking to them I was really hit with how precious life is and how blessed I've been. To make conversation I would always ask about their families and siblings. Out of about 28 kids at least six that I spoke with had a brother or sister in "el cielo (heaven)" I was shocked. After our group left, we were talking on the bus about how its obvious that these kids dont' get the attention they need....something that really frustrates me.
On Wed night I met two of my chilean friends at a concert in Valpo. We then went to their house to cook dinner and watched 80s music videos while I helped them translate their work into english. THEN I got a 2 hour lesson on the history of valpo from the tourism major. Made me realize how much I miss just being able to hang out with people rather than having to go out all the time.
As I am writing this I am on a bus in the middle of the Andes mountains waiting to cross the border between ARgentina and Chile. It's snowing and the view is AMAZING. The border is literally on a mountain in the middle of the Andes. Anyways, we left for mendoza on Fri and ended up spending 3 hours at the border...which wasn't a problem because it was so beautiful. AFter crossing the border we finally made it to Medoza and were met by two hostal owners. We ended up getting a ride with one of them...a 16 yr old who ran every red light we crossed. ANyways, his hostal was in a sketchy part of town where all the transvestites hung out. We were told not to walk alone into the central. Needless to say, we changed hostals the next am. on sat. we rented bikes and went on a winery tour. The first place we went was really interesting and went through the whole process of making wine. The second place was a chocolate shop and winery and at the end we went and ate empanadas before taking the bus back. That night we ate at a buffet. AMAZING. I will need to post pics when i get them. THis was quite the experience. WE waited in line for 1 hour before we were seated. This buffet had everything...even an amaizng salad bar! We ate until about midnight (got there at 11) and headed back to the hostal. Apparently people don't go out until about 2:30 in argentina. We went to this cafe that had acoustic music and were there until about 6. A little different than my life at luther.
I suppose that's all for now. I love argentina....the people, the food, the scenery. everything. hope you are all doing well
Love
Cristina
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