time for new plans

so. it has been decided. i am going to santiago!

i debated about it for several days, trying to figure out what i really wanted to do. i guess that the idea of a big city really called to me. i mean, santiago is HUGE. when else will i get the chance to wander the street's of the chilean capital?

in two days, susie and leana will go to puerto varas, a small chilean lake town, and i will continue on to santiago. i am so, so stoked. i have no idea what to expect in this city but somehow, i feel like this is completing some sort of funny circle. a year and a half ago, frey, ruth and tana went to chile. a year and a half later, i am finally going there myself. it will be good.

oh, and couch-surfing is happening, hopefully! i emailed a few people in santiago, and i am pumped to extend my CS experience to an international level. if you don't know, couchsurfing.com is way cool. try it out.

nothing really happened today besides this major decision. all of us woke up late, leana was sick, and all of us were so freaking sore from horseback riding. i sat on my laptop for pretty much four hours, trying to figure out plans and find an apartment in buenos aires. no luck so far. so hard.

i also attempted to be social today. i had forgotten how introverted i get when traveling. i get overwhelmed and retreat to journaling, reading and observing. tonight before dinner i squeezed out a few conversations with others at the hostels. its weird how hard it is to talk to others when you aren't in your own culture.

tomorrow, jen and joel head back to buenos aires to get passports; and susie, leana and i head to the woods to stay in a cabin for two days. i am excited to chill for two days. i think i will read some douglas coupland.

words / concepts of the day:

la guerra sucia: a very contriversial period of argentine history. i wrote a paper on it once.

hmm more later.