English Summer Town

On January 7th we went to English Summer Town. We met in Santiago with all the other Fulbright Teachers and the Chilean teachers of English. We boarded the buses and went to Las Colinas de Cuncumen. My mom, along with all the other Fulbrighters, was teaching Chilean teachers from all the different regions in Chile. Each Fulbrighter had a subject and the teachers rotated to each presentation. Overall the week was full of English fun, and singing, dancing and swimming. We had nice cabins and some great food!! Each night we had a special event. The first night we had a dance-athon, the next we watched the movie Mad Hot Ballroom, then they showed an Australian movie (I didn't see it, that night the Fulbrighters came over to our cabin and we had music and lots of fun), the last night we had karaoke night, it wasn't that great though 'cuz they had very few songs. The teachers were really nice and we got to meet some Fulbrighters who we hadn't yet met because of their location, like Annie, who is teaching this year on Robinson Crusoe Island. Also on Thursday Sarah, my dad, my mom, and I taught a dance workshop, it went great and the everyone had an awesome time. Also a fun thing was that we got to see the President of Chile!! Not really, it was a lady who looked a ton like the President. The other teachers had a great time with her, they would say things like " Make way for the President" and everyone wanted pictures with her. Here's her picture:
She sure looks a lot like Michelle Bachelet.

Overall we had a really, really great time!!! Everyone was very friendly and it was a perfect week!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year, it's 2007!!! My family had an awesome New Years. We started the night with a fun game of Clue. After Clue dad turned on the TV only to find out that the Bears vs. Packers game was on. Finally we got out of the house, we caught a cab and headed downtown. I finally gave in to wearing a silly hat, our whole family had them. Sarah and I also got some confetti to throw at midnight. We found a spot where we had plenty of elbow room and were still pretty close to where the fireworks would be. When it was 11:59 we started the count-down, except in Spanish! At 12:00 we all shouted "Feliz Año Nuevo!" And people sprayed champagne and Sarah and I tossed up our confetti. Then we watched some spectacular fireworks! They were really good!!! At the end of the show the tower, where the fireworks were being blown off from, looked like a volcano erupting with a shower of lights. It was amazing! We walked home with many others and slowly one by one people started drifting their own ways til we were the last ones going in our direction.