Spring is here!

So the first few days of SPRING have been pretty good to me. Here are some reasons why:

Internship: Yesterday I interviewed and was accepted for an internship with Fundacion Instituto de la Mujer. It's a women's rights non profit in Chile. I'm pretty excited. The main things happening during my time here are an informational campaign to support the rights of immigrant women and a march at the end of november against violence against women. One other student from my program will be working there as well. Between the 2 of us we'll be doing odds and ends around the office. They sent us home with some really cool informational pamphlets. You can learn more here:

Classes: On Monday I understood every major point my politics professor made. He is by far the hardest to understand because he uses lots of political jargon and speaks VERY quickly. It also doesn't help that very basic poli sci abbreviations are completely different here. For example the UN= ONU. BUT by some stroke of luck I understood all of the main points. There were a couple of supporting anecdotes that I was fuzzy on, but I'll take what I can get.

Host family: Yesterday 2 other students came to my house to watch Gossip Girl. We were watching and talking until my host mom came into the room and told them they were staying for dinner. She insisted. I later tried to explain that the plan was for them to just watch some TV in my room and then return to their houses for dinner because we didn't want to impose. She then said that it was really no trouble at all and she felt bad that I only have my room as space and that I should feel free to have friends over for meals so that the house becomes mine. Chilean hospitality is amazing. I won't take her up on the offer so as not to impose, but my family is really amazing.

I'll leave you with a picture that sums up Chileans:

While playing cards yesterday, Tara, Alex and I realized that our discard pile looked a lot like Chileans our age: COUPLED. One of the first questions you will always be asked is if you are dating someone. If you respond that you are not the questioner will quickly follow up with a list of suitable people he/she knows for you to meet. Chileans love being in relationships. Also, because most live at home until they marry, there is A TON of PDA.

Speaking of coupling, I'm going to couple up my stomach and some dinner!

Bueno Bye!