Vina del Mar

I feel very relieved that I have finally arrived in Vina. My host family is pretty awesome. I have a Mom, that I call Meg, a sister Francesca, a brother Guillerme and a dog named Milli. Fran is 25 and Gui is 23, I'm the baby! I live in an apartment building that literally right next to my school. I can see it from my window, its right outside the door. I have my own room and bathroom which is very cute. I have a little bed and a desk and a big window that overlooks a mountain of houses. From the balcony in the living room you can see the ocean :) I like my new home very much.

After I arrived I had lunch with my new family and Fran's boyfriend Juan. After I started to unpack and get settled in. I took a shower for the first time in a few days (very necessary) and took a nap. When I woke up my host mom made me dinner and after we went out for a walk. Meg is so nice, I already feel like I am one of  her kids. During our walk she told me about the city, showed me places that I will probably go, and then she had me tell her how to get home. It was a nice walk. Milli the dog does not like skateboards, she barked at all of them and scared the crap out of us. 

Vina is a very small but a very beautiful city. At night there are lots of lights and fountains and people. So far I like it very much. I have got to work on my Spanish though. Its bad, very bad. And it doesn't help that I spent the last week speaking Portuguese, it has me all confused. My head is a jumble of words of 3 different languages and the right words never come out! I will get used to it though, just another transition. Kind of a big one though.