My plane arrived around 8 am this morning, and my host parents were at the airport to greet me. Their names are Álvaro and Margarita Hurtado, and they might be the cutest people ever. They host tons of exchange students, so there are actually two other college students (one from a different part of Chile and one from Colombia) staying with them for this semester, too.
The Hurtados live in Las Condes, a residential area of Santiago where all of the host families for my program are located. Their house is adorable and brightly colored, like everything else in Chile (this is why I belong here. It's all so happy!), and the best part is that I get to live IN MY OWN COTTAGE in the backyard. I have a bedroom, bathroom, and tiny living room all to myself, completely separate from the main house. Check out the pictures! Now that I'm actually in Chile, I promise this blog is about to get a lot more visually stimulating.
The front of my little house. Beinvenidos!
My teeny tiny living room. And my own exercise bike?? The gray microwave-ish box in front of the TV is the estufa, the kerosene heater that Chileans use to keep their homes warm. I'm missing central heating already. There may be some wool socks in my future.
My bedroom. Notice the door handle, where I am still reppin PR pride. (Okay, maybe that came from Alejandro's car. But I am still reppin it.)
My bathroom, where I took the COLDEST shower of my life. There's no hot water in Chile, so it has to be heated by a wood stove called a califont...but mine was still freezing. Fail. Also, the sign on my bathroom door is sooo much better than "el baño." I like Chileans already.
how does it feel to be surrounded by naked people while you sleep?
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