hoy es hoy / y ayer se fue / no hay dudas (viernes, 30 julio)

Finally the last day of orientation has ended. It´s not that I didn´t enjoy it or meet a lot of interesting people, but it was a long week and parts of orientation weren´t that exciting. Some of it was though, like the `Never Have I Ever`game. Let´s just say that I was standing up a lot:) During our lunch break we walked to a place near the Moneda. Fortunately for me, the place next door had veggie burgers!!! I was so excited because I didn´t think they´d have veggie burgers in Chile. I ordered it to go and joined some of the other volunteers at the cafe next door. In a way it´s sad because just as I´m getting to know people, it´s almost time for all of us to leave Santiago. I´m glad I have all of tomorrow and Sunday free. Hopefully on Sunday I´m going to try skiing. I think it´ll be a lot of fun.

After orientation I ran from the hostel all the way out to Los Leones and back. I seriously felt like I was flying. It´s funny because runner´s high used to be a rare occurrence for me, but this whole week it´s been happening. It´s one of the most incredible feelings ever. I ran for almost two hours straight and didn´t want to go back to the hostel because I wanted to keep running forever, but I didn´t want to overdo it again. When I got back to the hostel I stayed in the shower for a long time and my back kept cracking, which also felt great.

I got this crazy but awesome idea that I really want to do. I think I´m going to cancel my return flight and get my money refunded, and when I decide to head back to the States, I´ll take a bus from one city to the next, spending a day or two in places that interest me along the way. I packed light, so this is entirely possible. I´d get to experience more countries and see more places that way. I don´t mind long bus rides, in fact, they´re actually kind of fun. I could get a glimpse of other Spanish speaking countries and their cultures on my long way home. That is, if I decide to go home after all...

I meandered downstairs with my notebook with the intentions of writing, but that didn´t happen because I ran into more people, and as usual for me, started talking. I ended up drinking wine with the hostel staff and some of their friends, one of whom was being really cheesy about my blue eyes. I don´t think a day has passed here where someone has not said something about my eyes. It was a lot of fun talking to the hostel staff and their friends, as well as Les, Sebastian, Igor, and Dave. I didn´t go to bed until after 4am, but it wasn´t a big deal because it´s a Friday night and I get to sleep in tomorrow. I just hope I can tame my inner night owl in a few days when I start working 8 to 4 at the school. But for now, I am enjoying every moment here.

written by

Sara Florecita on July 30, 2010 from Santiago, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

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