Hola Todos! Well I'm finally starting to feel more comfortable here. Its only been 4 days but already I feel like I know the area I live in pretty well and my Spanish is improving daily. Its definately been an adjustment though. One of the hardest things to adjust to is the food and eating times. In Chile lunch (almuerzo) is the biggest meal of the day, and generally is the meal the family eats together. Dinner is then very small and more casual. In my family w...

I've made it to Chile! After 22 hours of traveling I finally arrived to my new home yesterday. So far I am very happy here. I am living with a host family in an apartment in downtown Viña del Mar which is about 70 miles west of Santiago right on the ocean. I have a host mother named Manuela who has been very sweet and kind to me so far. I also live with a host sister named Carla. She is 27 and works as a journalist. I also have a host brother, Mauricio, but he d...

Hola, Just getting ready for my trip. Less than one month until I leave! Thought I would give the blog thing a try and get things all set up. I'll post more when something exciting is going on. Thanks to everyone who came to the going away party for Andy and me. We really appreciated it. Love, Katelyn