Ohh what a weekend my friends. Lots of celebrating and eating and staying up all night in this wonderful city of Santiago.
It started on Thursday, which was our grina-thanksgiving dinner in Manuel Montt and it was phenominal. Megan, Becca, Melli, Jess, and I went out for a pre-dinner drink around the corner, and then proceeded to share a bottle of wine at dinner (which we got for free!) I learned that tinto also means red, so vino tinto is red wine. We of course sang happy birthday to Cait, who was turning 21 that Saturday. Lovely dinner.
Friday we went to Oscar's apartment, also known as Megan's new pololo, which was right next to my house! Met a bunch of people, Burger King run at 2, playground swing-set at night at 4, and in bed by 4:30 in the morning. Oh! And Cait and Joe dominated at beer pong. Represent America people, represent.
Saturday was the most crazy by far. I had another Thanksgiving day party with some gingas I met a few weeks ago, and I headed out to Bellas Artes and hung out at their apartment while everyone was cooking! My contribution: apple cider! Everyone was asking for my secret family recipe (not kidding) so here it is: I took some apple juice from the store, poured it into a pitcher. I took 4 apples, skinned them and cut them up, and dumped them into the pitcher. When I served everyone, I added rum. It was phenominal I must say. The food was so good though: mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, cranberry sause, green beans, pumpkin pie, and our own personal bar. The only thing was that since we are all used to Chilean concepts of time, the dinner that should have been at 7 was at 9:30. Still, successful third Thanksgiving I had! Afterwards I headed to Ali's to celebrate (again!) Cait's 21st birthday! The thing I love about Chilean parties is that they always turn into dance parties. Seriously. It is awesome. There were some of our Chilean friends there, and then some French students at UDP and of course the gringas. It was hard to tell, but both the French and the Chilean guys are amazing dancers. I wish American boys could do that! I was swung around and twirled until my feet hurt but it was so much fun! My contribution to this party: vino tinto, claro! It ended with me walking home, because I lived so close, with a friend, and then turning in just as the birds were chirping in the morning.
Santiago, I am thankful for one of my most interesting and fun weekends here so far. I love love love you and I know you love me back.
Happy Thanksgiving, all 3 times!
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