Monday was Valentine's Day, or as they say here, El Día de Enamorados, and my friends and I decided to have a nice dinner together at my friend Aaron's house. Melanie decorated all the table with candles and rose petals, and it looked GORGEOUS. Aaron's brother used to be a head chef, and he made us amazing ravioli, Caesar salad, and garlic bread. I have never been so excited to eat a Caesar salad before. Mostly because it actually has lettuce and dressing in it. Attention Chileans: A BOWL OF TOMATOES IS NOT A SALAD. Brenan, as a fellow tomato-hater, I'm sure you understand the pain I feel everytime I'm served a giant spoonful of this so-called "salad."I eat it and want to cry. Here's some pics from our V-Day dinner:
On Tuesday, we had our last "cultural activity" with our groups. My group went to Pablo Neruda's Santiago home, which is called La Chascona. It was exactly how I would picture a famous poet's house would look, super quirky and artsy, with eyeballs hanging from a tree, LOOK!
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside, so this is what you get! The whole tour was in Spanish so I didn't understand a lot of it, but I'm sure it was fascinating...Afterwards, our group monitors took us to an ice-cream shop that they said was the best in Santiago. So many cool flavors. I had strawberry mint and a mango/pineapple/peach blend (I think?) which were both delicious and tried my friend's...drumroll please...NUTELLA ICE-CREAM!!! I had no idea such a great thing could exist, but yes, it does exist and it's amazing in every way. After our ice-cream, we still had money left (since the trips are included in our fees, we're given a certain amount each time to spend), we headed over to a bar in Barrio Lastarria. I tried a vino sour, which is white wine and...lemon juice I think? Anyway, another delicious discovery.
Going to Reñaca this weekend!
Love the graffiti in the city:
Chao until Sunday!
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