strange things that happened today

1. I noticed tons of Halloween decorations around downtown Santiago. I never would have expected Halloween to make it all the way to the Southern hemisphere. They just started celebrating it about 4 years ago, but now they're really getting into it...with cobwebs and plastic pumpkins and costume parties and everything. Weird.
2. I tried to teach my host mom how to say "pretzel." It didn't work.
3. A man wearing rollerblades got onto the bus, glided down the aisle, and sat next to me.
4. Alex and I got stopped on the street by two random guys, who asked if they could tell us how beautiful we are. Well, sure. Go for it. Their next question was whether we were married.
5. I realized that it's about to be November and it's 85 degrees.