The overnight bus ride was quite quick but with many stops there wasn't too much sleep for me. At around 6am the steward came around and gave us all a cookie and juice (Chilean Buses usually give some kind of snack) a nice gesture and might come in handy if there is nothing at the school dormitories. When I arrived there was an old guy waiting for me with a big sign with my name across it (this is rare for me and makes me feel somewhat famous), he introduced himself and then took me out to the school grounds. The school is an agricultural college and only about 15km out of town, I was taken straight to my dormitory and told to rest up until 4:30pm; whereby someone would come and collect me. There was some food prepared in the fridge for breakfast and lunch but it was all rice and bread (I had organized to have gluten free - but seems they have forgotten). The dormitory is like a small house with 3 rooms, a basic kitchen with microwave and fridge and dining area - nothing flash but it will suffice. For lunch I went walking around and luckily came across the caretakers who had made lunch for me; I was able to explain to them that I couldn't eat the bread and rice so they so kindly got me some tomatoes and avocados to make a salad. The rest of the afternoon I relaxed in the sun and waited for the others to arrive. At 4:30pm the two other volunteers arrived; an American girl called Emily and an English girl called Ursula - they were both very interesting girls and we had a good chat before heading over to the laboratory for our 5pm meeting. I was told I would also need to move from the room i had been in today over to the dormitory. Manuel works for the college and is coordinating the whole program and he is a young, energetic and very kind guy that I can tell will make the week very fun for both teachers and students. We did a bit of a meet and greet and introduced ourselves to each other before going through the logistics and course program over some tea and biscuits. Next we split up into our groups and went through the detailed lesson plans of the first day; our coordinator is useless to say the least so we took charge and started working out how we would present lessons and basically modifying activities to ensure success and full student participation. After a few hours we were taken on a tour of the school and I was shown to my dorm room - tiny room: 3 beds (mine the top bunk), cold shower and that was it - a lot worse then my original room. At 8:30pm dinner/snack was handed out: two bread rolls, chocolate milk, juice and a banana - oh god I hope it gets better then this. I headed back to the girls house and ate there which was really good as they had a dining area and we were able to mingle with all the Chilean teachers and training teachers. They were a very interesting bunch of people; 2 male teachers and about 6 female teachers. We talked about everything and it was really nice to learn about the education system here in Chile along with some good tips on new places to visit. At about 11:30pm I grabbed my things and headed back to my dorm to have a shower and organise my things. Unfortunately the shower was freezing so I was in and out without barely getting wet.