here's me in front a shrine to the virgin mary in la catdral in the plaza de armas. i only took this picture because i saw chileans do it first.


tomorrow there are major labor practice demonstrations planned in the streets of santiago. in addition, the allegedly terrible transantiago bus system is also a greivance worth quejando (complaining) about. this means transit is shot (supposedly) and there may be no way to get to school tomorrow. above and beyond that, going out downtown may be dangerous. when the crowds get too big huge police trucks come out and spray water on people and also sometimes teargas. we learned the best foil to this is eating a lemon, so that's a common joke now amongst us. our program director told us "i don't want you going there" and we all replied, "it's ok, we'll just bring lemons!". anyway, the judgement will come in the form of a phone call tonight after the 9pm evening news, so we all sit, like kids waiting for the weather report the night before a snowday, and we just keeping asking ourselves will it stick?

and mom don't worry, i won't mess with the riot.