Greece & Rome...en Chile

The girls around Felipe...errr Cupid!

The week we got back from Atacama, quite a few people headed off on trips to Buenos Aires & Mendoza, Argentina. I stayed behind with a handful of others, and while it was a quiet week, it certainly wasn't lacking in fun times. The Friday after getting back, UAI (my university in Chile) hosted a Greco-Romano banquet for all students. A group of us girls got together at Ellen's house & togafied ourselves! We dressed in white sheets, gold jewlery & flowers, and did our hair. It was a very girly, fun time. We met up with Felipe outside the university and went into the event together. When we got there, we were confused because nobody was wearing costumes. We figured it was a trick to get the Gringos to dress up & look silly. However, people soon started arriving, some in very bizarre costumes. People were dressed in Arabian outfits and even in animal suits - there was someone dressed as a very furry brown bear! Apart from our small ticket fee, there were lots of appetizers and drinks free of charge. The main meal was a huge piece of lasagna, which looked as if it were made of the exact ingredients as the mini $1 pizza so many of us always ordered at the school cafe. It tasted weird and we were all pretty iffy about it. I only had a bit of mine. After, we ate some ice cream, watched a dramatic poetry reading, and danced a ton a ton. Throughout the rest of the weekend, nearly everyone who attended the banquet started feeling really sick. Turns out we had all gotten food poisoning from bad cheese in the lasagna. Kind of humorous actually, but it sure wasn't fun being sick (again). On Saturday, I went to the beach with Shannon and Brenna. We rented a little cart and drove it along the streets in San Martin. I felt like the biggest dork & loved it! Afterward, we got ice cream at Bravissimo and headed home to get ready to go out. That night a group of us girls went out to Valparaiso, first to a place called Coyote Quemado and then to Huevo, a four story dance club I had been wanting to visit since the beginning of the trip. It wasn't as amazing as I was expecting, but I still had fun.

Ellen, Mary, Me, Shannon, Brenna, & Karley at UAI