Mi Primero Sábado en Chile!

On Saturday, we went out to my family's place in the country (campo!). Three of Felipe's friends came with us. So that was 8 people in a car meant for 5. Haha. But funny story, and this time it's not about me messing something up! When his friends came over, they said hello and kissed me. But one of them tripped on the rug and fell into me. I was laughing so hard! Poor kid. We packed some salad, chips, pop, and candy and we were off.

All ready to go!

Some M&M-like candies on the way

The yellow (amarillo!) house has a kitchen and then there is a pavilion past the trees. They also have a swiming pool (piscina!) and a fútbol field (and for all you people who are confused, (DAD!), soccer). 

On the edge of glory, oh wait the fútbol field 

Our family and Felipe's friends, my dad's brother, and the couple that are family friends were all there. We hung out and ate chips and mussels (charos!). I'm not a huge fan of food that you have to dig out of a shell to eat, but they weren't too bad.

My mom and I walked around the property while the guys built more (más!) of the pavilion.

Me by the cherry trees!

Kiwi trees!!

In November and December they will have a ton of fruit. I can't wait.

Later on, the guys put some big steaks on the grill for dinner and we had dinner.

Most of the group

Right after dinner, the guys went off to play fútbol while the women (mujeres!) cleaned up and had dessert and hot chocolate.

I was pretty tired most of the day because I only got six hours of sleep the previous night because we stayed up talking until 1. At dinner, when there were 12 other Chileans speaking Spanish super fast, I was feeling pretty frustrated. My first major wave of "what am I doing here?" and "why can't I speak Spanish yet?". Ugh... I only feel like this when I'm around a big group and I am just there listening. When I'm with my family, they stop every once in a while to make sure I'm understanding. Sorry for the complaining, but it's all part of the exchange process!

On the way home, Felipe's friends were trying out the little English they knew. Like "My number is blah blah blah." Haha. And then they used google translate to say cheesy pick-up lines. None of them translated right though. One of them said something like "I like cream in my coffee but your eyes are deep and blue like the ocean." uhhh thanks.

Before I went to bed, I tried on all my uniform things (cosas!) to make sure they fit right. Once a week we wear a track suit and it is soooo comfortable. I think that'll be my favorite day. :)

I got about 20 friend requests from my classmates last night. Apparently they only found out a few days ago that I was coming. :D And so I chatted with some of them for a while on Facebook. (See Dad? I'm using Facebook to learn Spanish and make friends!) They all seem very nice and they are all wanting to help me with my Spanish. Yay! And that's it for Saturday!