Wednesday, July 23, 2003
A copete filled day;-) In the morning Anibal (the study abroad coordinator) took us trooping around to register our visas and apply for ID cards (Arch has it easy- this is getting expensive!) There is definitely something strange about listening to Janis Joplin in the office while a government official is processing the app. We lunched at the Mercado Central, at Donde Augusto; to accompany our seafood "casseroles" Anibal ordered up four Pisco Sours. Back at DRCLAS, we met up with the Harvard Med students. One of them gave his oral presentation (which we´ll all have), on pisco, for which he provided samples bought in the Valle de Elqui. To top that off, the med students surprised Pilo (the Spanish teacher) and the others staffers with onces...so the table was covered with food, pisco, and a few bottles of wine. And there was a women filming the med students and interviewing them, though I don´t kow for what. Harvard sponsored alcohol consumption- not so unlike Yale, after all.
Lewis, Andryka and I stopped in a mall downtown afterwards, which had a nice city vibe to it. And after getting turned around again this morning, I didn´t get lost walking home from the bus! AND we got the bus to where we were going this morning (not DRCLAS, so not so much walking) without even asking the driver. Yahoo!
In other news, last night I found myself singing Shania Twain´s "You´re Still the One", quietly, shakily (I was freezing) and extremely, painfully, flatly, to my host dad´s and his friend´s (they have a band) guiter accompaniment. Not my idea. Definitely ruined my rep as a "musician." Asi es. But the whole music thing is pretty funny. On the radio its ALL english music- last night I heard something of the Flaming Lips (right about the time guiter friend´s son Carlos- I accompanied him to pick up Paula- asked me, in english if I liked to smoke up. Which itself is steadily creeping up the list of most asked questions. ) My liking Pink Floyd has been a big plus, although the name Billy Joel elicited some blank stares. Maybe I´ve found my mission! ç
Lest all seem like fun and games...I´m off to write an essay now...
Lewis, Andryka and I stopped in a mall downtown afterwards, which had a nice city vibe to it. And after getting turned around again this morning, I didn´t get lost walking home from the bus! AND we got the bus to where we were going this morning (not DRCLAS, so not so much walking) without even asking the driver. Yahoo!
In other news, last night I found myself singing Shania Twain´s "You´re Still the One", quietly, shakily (I was freezing) and extremely, painfully, flatly, to my host dad´s and his friend´s (they have a band) guiter accompaniment. Not my idea. Definitely ruined my rep as a "musician." Asi es. But the whole music thing is pretty funny. On the radio its ALL english music- last night I heard something of the Flaming Lips (right about the time guiter friend´s son Carlos- I accompanied him to pick up Paula- asked me, in english if I liked to smoke up. Which itself is steadily creeping up the list of most asked questions. ) My liking Pink Floyd has been a big plus, although the name Billy Joel elicited some blank stares. Maybe I´ve found my mission! ç
Lest all seem like fun and games...I´m off to write an essay now...
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