Sunday, July 6, 2008

The week in review

Things have been staying quite busy here. It seems like every day there is something new to do, which is good! After classes on Wednesday, we had one of the planned activities for our program – a trip to a vitrofusion artisan workshop. Vitrofusion is a type of glass craft where you paint on glass and then heat it at extreme temperatures. We made ash trays, necklaces, earrings, etc. We’ll get our projects back this week – the lady warned us that they might not turn out like her examples, so I’m preparing myself for something ugly…

Hard at work at the vitrofusion workshop.


On Wednesday night, Vaish, John and I went to Adrienne’s apartment to play “Ve a pescar” (Go Fish). Yes, I am even playing card games in Spanish. Thursday night, Amanda and I went to the mall to see the Sex in the City movie. Amanda is a devoted fan of the t.v. show (she has a Sex in the City t-shirt waiting for her at home…) and she was shocked/horrified to learn that I have never seen an episode. The movie was, again, in English with Spanish subtitles, so it was entertaining to compare what is verbally said and what is actually translated in the subtitles. After the movie, Amanda “convinced” me to get ice cream with her at Bravissimo. Vanilla Brownie… add that to my list of favorites.

On Friday, we got our graded literature essays back – I got a 7/7! We were all pretty nervous beforehand because our professor didn’t seem that thrilled about our essays when we asked if they were good or not. I used my perfect score as an excuse to go shopping Friday night and then went home to rest up for the weekend trip. The Fourth of July was just another day in Chile.

1 comment:

Florida Sue said...

Ola! Have missed reading updates in your blog this past week. I checked it daily, but seen nothing and finally voila! You failed to mention how you like the Movie..lol Congratulations on your perfect score...but knowing you, I am not surprised. April has returned from the great North bearing gifts *vanilla, summer sausage and cheese". What other dishes have you sampled that are new..you don't say??? other than ice cream or have you decided to live off that now? Am anxious to see how your glass project came out maybe you could show Bob a trick or two! and I see you roll your eyes there! lol Do you feel the lifestyle is as hectic there as it is in...hmm say Milwaukee or more laid back? I know I have gazilions of questions...so will give you repreve for the moment..Enjoy!