So, this is Santiago, Chile. It’s enormous, I can’t even imagine living in a place like this permanently after living on a farm in the middle of nowhere for so long- but that’s not to say that I wouldn’t like to.

My room is rather tiny, but I’m only in it to sleep and get on the computer, really. My two room mates share the larger bedroom with two beds. I’m usually up late blogging or writing in my journal while they’re asleep, so it works out well

Since class lasts from 9:00-1;00, we have a little break in the middle where we drink tea and/or coffee and chat with the seminary students- tea time. I’m not sure if anyone else calls it that, I just heard it called that once from someone who had been on the trip before. There’s also some kind of yummy cake or bread to munch on- the snack is different everyday. For instance, yesterday we had “calzon de roto-” meaning, ripped panties or ripped pantyhose. It’s fried dough that tastes a lot like funnel cake, and the reason it is called that is because it looks like a pair of pants… sort of. The shape is hard to describe without a picture (I thought I had a picture, but I guess not)

The president works in the building above, but actually lives in his own home. We saw this building today during the Changing of the Guard ceremony, which was actually like a small marching band concert with all the songs they played. The military band was pretty good, but they really wouldn’t want to mess with the Mustang Band. The man in the picture above is using the palm branch as a broom- and it works quite well, actually.