el dia de las gringas

8/3 - the day started with a nice workout, followed by meeting an american couple that lives in my building for 6 months out of the year. my chicas came over - Jasmin, Gina, and Anna - and we went to a little farmers market type thing ( "feriado artesanal") and then to the supermarcado Lider. we proceeded to buy things to make lunch - pancake mix, syrup, peanut butter, triton cookies (like oreos but MUCH better! especially with peanut butter), bananas, chocolate chips. yep, thats right, banana and chocolate chip pancakes with peanut butter for almuerzo! it was SO good! familiar food! and it was so fun making it too.

after our ridiculously large lunch, we went downstairs and used the sauna! that also felt so good because no one in Chile has central heating or air conditioning, so it was nice to finally be hot for once!

whenever you are bored in chile you have tea/cafe. it is so fun! it is like having a tea party when you are little! tea or coffee, bread, avacado, cookies... we had tea 3 times haha! this is also what chileans call "once" (own-say) which is there meal at dinner time. big lunch, once for dinner. it is very different than in the states but i like it better!

we also played Scrabble in spanish during one of our tea parties. great day, great friends!