slight interruption in my story about the south....

Tati Sarah Alejandro
but i am atually blogging about what just happened to me today!!!! haha i thought this would never happen!

so today was my very last day con mi hermano chileno! today my brother and sister headed off to a trip to Italia with their highschool. apparently at the end of everyone's junior year they go on a trip to Italia (because they go to an Italian highschool called Scoula Italiana). So they get to go speak the italian they have been learning their whole lives.

I also baked CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES for them. the very first time that i have ever baked chocolate chip cookies here. and they were nothing like US chocolate chip cookies...i think the chocolate chips were stale. actually i know they were. i can't even imagine how much they would love REAL chocolate chip cookies.

I also took pictures of me with my family when we dropped them off!!!

here is from l to r: me, brother Alejandro, his girlfriend Nicole, sister Tati, dad, aunt Alejandra, mom, and grandpa

here i am with my abuelo (moms dad) and my prima (mom's sister's daughter)

oh yeah. other really great news....my family told me that my spanish improved! AND i was speaking english for the past 10 days. how awesome is that! i actually really made an effort this past trip to talk to everyone - taxi drivers, the hostel owners, the tour guides....etc. entonces, ¡¡¡espero que mi español siga a mejorar!!!!