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Mi Vacacion

I had a great vacation. It is winter here and the last two weeks has been my winter vacation. The first week I skied a bunch with my friend Dermot and it was awesome. Skiing on a Volcano is sick, not many trees and lots of bowls. Dermot and I were very determined to ski all week but the lifts were closed for 5 days because of the wind. We made due and did other sweet shit too like went to the Termas and watch movies dubbed in Spanish that are impossible to understand, and drink a whole bottle of pisco, and go to the discotec, you're the man Derm hope the wing feels better.

The second week my sweet loving parents came. We went skiing with mama one day but it was super cloudy, still cool though. Ate so much good food, thanks pops. Mama wanted a spa day so we made a trip to these other Termas called Geometricas, and it was awesome. Found out that some famous architect built them. It was like right in the mountains surrounded by snow, two waterfalls and aqua muy caliente. Just what Moms wanted. The next day I went skiing with just pops and it was amazing. We had a snow storm here the day before and there was like a foot and a half of fresh pow. We hiked up the volcano for about and hour and a half. Looked down at nothing but untracked snow and crushed it. The run was about 3 minutes but probably some of the best skiing I've ever done, very worth it. We had the only tracks there. You could see the Andes and about 4 lakes from where we were.

Oh ha and we tried to go to Argentina one day for more skiing at another mountain. We bought chains, packed everything up, ready to go, drove through a beautiful park for about 2 hours, turned around twice, my fault, got to the border. Guy stamped our passports, then some other guy said we couldn't go because we need more car insurance for Argentina on the car we rented. Sucked bad, was a real bummer but I think the tire chains are the best buy of the trip, right dad, needed them quite a few times. We also went to the Kuntsmann brewery with my host dad. We met his 94 year old friend. She still lives alone and was as sharp as a tack. She was super tiny but had designer boots on I think was pretty funny.

All in all had a great time with the rents and hope they did too. Miss you guys and love you mom and dad.

Patience is a virtue, and you better have a shitload when you come to Chile.

Franke

Discotecas 101

Coach Tribou once said that going both ways in a football game is one of the hardest/most tiring things someone can do. I agree with that statement but would also like to add going to a discotec, dancing 5 hours straight, sober, then sleeping 45 minutes, and go hiking the next day is just as hard. Here are some things I noticed and recommend for good discotecs:

1. Strobe lights, strobe lights, strobe lights. Not only do they make you feel drunker but make you dance better too, and make the girls around you look better.

2. Drink before hand. Las bebidas es muy caro.

3. Pisco pepsi is my new favorite drink.

4. Although my dance moves in the states were foolish, here in Chile everyone dances like a fool.

5. Fog machines should be a requirement for every club in the world.

6. Always have a video or multiple videos of extreme skiing and snowboarding on the walls, the same ones that Billy and Justin would always watch, not kidding.

7. Give away free bottles and gifts from the stage because it makes the dueschbag guys leave their girlfriends haha.

8. Chileanos are short.

9. If you don't smoke or can't take smoke don't go because you will feel like you smoked a pack when you leave, and smoking inside is not illegal here, and Don's Rok.

10. If don't want herpes don't go to the bathroom, they don't have soap and it's gross.

11. If you are able to get drunk beforehand, you will be sober by the end because bars and clubs don't close until 5am. And you dance so much that you sweat it all out.

12. Always make sure you have enough money for a taxi afterwards because for some reason the discos are always super lejos del centro.

13. Learn spanish.

14. Completos are the best late night food in the world and 24hr places that make them are girfts from god.

- A Completo is a big hot dog in a bigger bun with a shit load of chopped tomato, avocado and mayo, then put Aji on it and its the bomb.

15. Make sure you can sleep all day the next day because you usually won't go to bed until 6 or 7 in the morning. But who cares about sleep, yolo.

16. Wear comfortable shoes your legs will feel numb for 12 hours.

17. Yes and also you will have a ringing in your ears for awhile afterwards, awesomely loud music.

18. Make sure you love reggaeton. Croni-K, Daddy Yankee, Jowell & Randy and Pit Bull are the shit.

19. Everyone loves music from the States but no one knows what they are saying and the Chileans always confuse the words , very funny. But it is used to boost people back up at around 4am.

20. If someone can't pronounce your name just add a vowel to it and its all good.

More will be added when I can remember.

Franko

D. Gookin - Glad I Met You

I listen to this song on repeat.

Las Termas de Pozones

We get into a small bus not exactly knowing where we are about to go, but we asked the bus driver if he could drive us to the hot springs and he said yes. As you leave the edge of the city of Pucón, clearing the small buildings all you can see is open land. The farmland and countryside are very flat but this flat land quickly turns into enormous mountains. It is as if someone dropped giant rocks out of the sky. It is surreal and hard to imagine without really being there, well so are most things. We drive further into the countryside and begin to get further and further into the mountains seeing even larger cliffs and volcanoes in the distance covered by snow. We pass tons of farmland with cows, goats, llamas, chickens and horses. Once we think we definitely lost, the bus stops and we are there. We don´t really know what to expect because there isn´t really a gate or anything. So we pay this woman who barely had change walk down a bit and finally get to a cliff where we can see everything. It looked like something out of a Asian monastery, untouched and holy. The pools of hot water are next to a strong flowing river and you can see the steam coming off of them. We walk down the cliffs to the bottom on the way passing giant boulders covered in the greenest of mosses. We get down and check out the whole area going next to the river, unable to hear anything because its so loud. We get changed and jump in and it is just like a hot tub but all natural. It is hot too. The water is hotter closer to the rocks on the sides. We end up relaxing all day in the hot springs and it felt great. The entire time I am wondering if this is still real. Was quite the day.

We had a pretty standard July 4th after that, bought lots of beer and played drinking games. Then went to the discotecta Bozz. Was fun.

It has been raining in Pucón for the last 5 days and the sun just came out so I think I am going to go for a run. Stay sweet.

Sameness is plainness.

-Patiperro

Total Data Outage for Chile

So I felt my first tremor on Monday night, was pretty cool actually just felt like someone was gently moving the couch I was sitting on. But the pictures on the wall started shaking and my host dad said look look. It was nothing though, when the big earthquake hit he said you could barely keep your balance while standing on the ground, very scary.

Got my Carnet, Chilean ID, last Friday and it was super easier this time. Turns out the 4 pictures and 8 photocopies of all my documents I didn't need. Guy literally filled out the from for me then covered my fingers in ink to fingerprint me. Then gave me one small paper towel to clean myself off, I still have ink under my finger nails.

Went out in Villiarica with some friends had a good time, mucho dancing and singing. Of course for the karaoke we picked Bruce Springsteen- Born in The USA, had too. When leaving the disco disco, two of my friends were trying to get with these Chileanos and turns out one of them worked in Stowe last year for a few months, small world. Then slept all day sunday. Then on Monday my host dad took my to the National Park Huerquehue, was amazing, we literally drove like straight up a mountain to get there. And there is this one family that looks after all the trails and people who go in and out of the park and of course my host dad new them. The guy was a carpenter and showed me the biggest trees ive ever seen. The mother was making bread from scratch when we arrived. So we hiked up a little and saw awesome waterfalls and I told my host padre i was going to go up a little further because he couldn't make it up the hill he said ok. I come back ten minutes later and guys gone. So for the next 45 minutes im running up and down this mountain through mud and shit thinking he fell off the side and is in a ditch somewhere. Finally the friend comes walking up, returns my screams and turns out my padre just went back to the house cause he was tired. Almost tossed the midget out the window. Lets just say I didn't talk much the rest of the night. But he did let me drive home which was cool.

Even though we had a short week it felt really long. We only have one more week till the end of the semester and I think the kids are getting extra anxious for it because my urge to hit them grows with each day. I need to learn Spanish faster and the kids need to learn to shut up, Im making due though.

For this weekend some friends and I are going to celebrate July 4th by coming here to Pucon and chilling in the hot springs and going out. Should be a good time.

I haven't decided what I am doing for the Winter Break may ski may go up north or further down south but whatever I will make the best of it and do something I haven't don before. Oh and I can't wait till the Real Padres come down, we are going to have lots of fun ma and pops.

Much Love,

Patiperro

Last Supper

My moms meatballs but after they have been sitting in sauce for 2 days then you know they are good.
My dads flank steak (still don't know how he marinates it) half cold, thin sliced cuts.
Nannis Manicotti.
Two slices of plain pizza from my Marios.
The "Sandwich" from M&R.
Caprice salad.
Prociutto wraped around melon(forgot what that's called).
General Tso's chicken from David Chens.

Wings from Candle Light.

Piggy Pats sweet potatoe fries.
The mussels my mom makes for christmas, and the scallops.
A shit load of strawberries, mangos, pineapple.
Tsurimsu

Chocolate mousse cake from M&R once again

Aunt Karens cheesecake

Aunt Silvias rainbow cookies.

Slice of Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie from Bubbys
Ten giants glasses of milk.
5 magic hate beers.
5 New Castle beers.
One glass of Juto.
One glass of V8 splash.
And 2 glasses of cold water with no ice.

How I would be able to eat all of this probably would be the cause of my death....good question ;)