Friday

It was another late morning on Friday, but eventually I decided that I should probably get up to shower and pack. Luckily, packing didn’t take nearly as long as I thought it would, so I wasn’t too pressed for time. When we were about to leave for lunch, Javier and Maria stopped by! They had just come by for a moment to say goodbye, but it was great to see them. When they left, some of the girls headed to Subway for lunch. I think that we all just felt like we needed some veggies! At Subway we met this Chilean guy that had lived in Canada for a while; he was really nice and actually helped some of us order. I wouldn’t have thought that ordering food would be the biggest challenge in terms of testing my Spanish skill, but it definitely has been. You learn some food vocabulary in school, but no nearly enough. When everyone was packed we loaded our stuff onto the bus and then got on. I napped on the way to the airport, and then too soon it was time to check in and say goodbye to Chile. We were a fairly solemn group at the airport – I think that everyone was a little sad to be leaving Chile. Plus 3 was just a great experience and my two weeks in Chile were a lot of fun; we met a lot of great people, and we’re just lucky that we’ll get to see some of them at Pitt in a little over a year. Also, Abi, Alexa, and I are looking at a study abroad program in Argentina for the spring, so we were talking about maybe coming down for a week before that starts. Here’s hoping!