My last entry :(

My final week here in Chile has been full of mixed feelings. On the one hand, I spent several nights wasting away in front of my computer checking the word count on my final exam after every sentence I wrote. On the other hand, I finished all of my assignments before Friday night, which meant I could enjoy the entire weekend having officially finished college. That's right - I'm free!

To celebrate my liberation, I visited el Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum) with Hannah and ate lunch at a cute cafe that we, unfortunately, only just discovered. Later that night I reunited with some gringos from Accion Emprenedora (the organization I worked for) and visited some janky Chilean bars in barrio Bella Vista.

I spent most of Saturday celebrating my host-brother's third birthday. The family went all-out and rented a trampoline for the day. It only took me one front flip to realize that I am no longer a gymnast :). After the party, I met up with Hannah and Debbie, two girls I can't imagine living without, but whom I didn't even know existed three months ago. The best part of my time here has been getting to know them.

I'm not letting my last day here go to waste. Earlier today I said good-bye to a gringa from Wisconsin whom I had befriended when I first arrived. Then I joined some Stanford girls in a park near my house for an hour of salsa-aerobics, which, to my surprise, was a good workout! I leave for the airport in 6.5 hours and the only thing I can think about is how grateful I am to have had this experience. Thanks for sharing it with me!

Kelly :)