Freezing
Well, I have the host family of my dreams, the city is beautiful, I like all the other american students, have become friends with some of them...everything is perfect except that I am freezing! They don´t heat the houses and I´m guessing its somewhere in the 40´s with high humidity right now as I sit in the house, shivering under my multiple pairs of long underwear, shirts, and wool sweaters, etc. This is going to take some getting used to : ) We went to visit a sister of my host mom´s last night, and she is apparently very rich. Her house was huge, beautifully decorated, etc....but no heat! Wouldn´t you think if you were really rich at least you´d pay for heating!
My host mom is retired and now just stays at home, cooks, cleans fanatically, and attends hairdresser classes every afternoon from 3-6. She kind of looks like Elvira and is very nice. Her husbad died almost one year ago exactly, and I think that the family´s decision to start having host students was an effort to make the house seem fuller and more cheerful. My host brother is 23 and is some kind of student in some kind of school. I have a hard time understanding educational stuff because it is such a different system. However, I think he is doing something that has to do with machines, engineering, fixing machines, and business : ) He´s really serious about things (trying to be the man of the house after his father´s death) but also has a silly fun side. One of his hobbies is dressing up like a clown and juggling for people. The older sister, Marjorie, only lives here on the weekends. She´s in her late 20´s and is just moving out, amidst dozens of phone calls a day, hysterical tears, etc. People seem to leave the nest extraordinarily late here!
My room is lovely, with a view of all of Valparaiso. Its especially lovely in the nightime, with all the lights in the hills. I have a bed, a sofa, three little tables here and there, and a wardrobe. The first day here I very, very neatly lined up my shoes (in a out of sight way) underneath the sofa, but my host mom was very upset by this (she´s a neat freak ; ) so she got me a little shoe container too. Heh.
Well, that´s all for now. If anyone reading this ever decides to go to Chile in the winter....bring TONS of warm clothes!!!
My host mom is retired and now just stays at home, cooks, cleans fanatically, and attends hairdresser classes every afternoon from 3-6. She kind of looks like Elvira and is very nice. Her husbad died almost one year ago exactly, and I think that the family´s decision to start having host students was an effort to make the house seem fuller and more cheerful. My host brother is 23 and is some kind of student in some kind of school. I have a hard time understanding educational stuff because it is such a different system. However, I think he is doing something that has to do with machines, engineering, fixing machines, and business : ) He´s really serious about things (trying to be the man of the house after his father´s death) but also has a silly fun side. One of his hobbies is dressing up like a clown and juggling for people. The older sister, Marjorie, only lives here on the weekends. She´s in her late 20´s and is just moving out, amidst dozens of phone calls a day, hysterical tears, etc. People seem to leave the nest extraordinarily late here!
My room is lovely, with a view of all of Valparaiso. Its especially lovely in the nightime, with all the lights in the hills. I have a bed, a sofa, three little tables here and there, and a wardrobe. The first day here I very, very neatly lined up my shoes (in a out of sight way) underneath the sofa, but my host mom was very upset by this (she´s a neat freak ; ) so she got me a little shoe container too. Heh.
Well, that´s all for now. If anyone reading this ever decides to go to Chile in the winter....bring TONS of warm clothes!!!
posted by Julia | 3:55 PM
5 Comments:
Thank goodness you squeezed in all the sweaters you did!! Have you been mistaken yet for the Michelin tire man? love, Spy Girl
Yes, in fact, I HAVE been mistaken for michelin tire woman. Especially this morning, when I broke out my enormous green coat!
I asked your U. Fred if he had a comment for this Freezing topic and he said with a smile, "tell her to cowboy up". A. Margie
hey you could be here in michigan getting toasted and roasted--i'm done myself. what an education-huh! the one you didn't sign up for -institutional madness 101--the chilean government!
best wishes leo
Hi, Julia, it's Nora from Clark Pit! It sounds like you're having a fantastic time, I'm so jealous. Anyway, it's been really fun reading your blog, so I hope you'll keep updating. <3
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