Churiana and Walking in the Rain

Dad, you would be proud....I tried/ate something called Churiana today...let me start from the beginning. I met my friend Jaime in Valpo for a fun filled night. We took the trolley down town and he showed me around one of the marine buildings where his dad works. It was amazing...SO OLD. It is a building for all the generals and ex generals to go and hang out and socialize....defiantly a different class of people. The bar inside was only for men so i was just allowed to peak my head in...a weird feeling. ANYWAYS, then we walked up this little alleyway to this hole in the wall restaurant...this is where I was introduced to Churiana. Churiana consists of a heaping pile (about 6 in tall) of the greasiest french fries known to man topped with eggs, steak, and onions. It was...GREAT. Sounds gross, I know, and I wish i could say that I didn't like it, but man oh man it was excellent. So yes, I ate a HEAPING plate of fries, stake, onions, and egg...which will explain the Chile 20 (instead of freshman 15...haha). Anyways, then we walked to this coffee shop on top of one of the hills in valpo. It was AMAZING. The coffee was real and the view was incredible. We talked a ton about Chile and the different social systems here and just enjoyed the FREEZING COLD night. Then we walked around valpo for a while, JAime is a tourism major so he knows all the places to go in the hills. I love this city, its so unique. We then took a bus to Playa Ancha about 5 min away. We went to his university which is having a strike right now. The students take the university, sleep in it, cook in it, have parties, and rallies. They have a whole system of doing things...people are appointed to be security guards, cooks, cleaners, and much more. Anyways, we stopped in to check it out. There were about 2000 people there, hanging out, sleeping , talking, eating, etc...what a sight. Then we walked by the water for about 2 hours....1 of those hours being POURED on...BRRRRRR. But it was SO SO fun and so beautiful by the water. What an adventure. Now i'm beat and heading to bed. yay. Hope everyone is doing well