Learning new moves

In general I believe that I am somewhat coordinated and have decent rhythm.  Maybe my friends and family will say something different. I know Alex, Kendra and Kendall can’t believe that at all after our recent experiences. We went out one night to try to find something called an “after office” or a party that starts around 8pm and goes until 12am (ish). Meant for people to be able to party and still go to work the next day. This was perfect because I wanted to go out but not at the usually time (1am-5am). It was a wild goose chase asking people who all knew where it was but were giving weird directions. Finally we discovered this after office was only on Wednesdays and it was Thursday. Bummer. So we went to a salsa club. It was really fun but I did not realize how difficult it would be for me to pick up the moves. Apparently I am a classic gringa when it comes to salsa.

The next day was our ski excursion into the Andes. I was so so excited for this, but knew that I would be scared, too. The lesson went well and felt like I had the hang of it, although I would panic when I started going fast and make myself fall over. I knew how to stop but it was really hard to stay calm in those moments. Kendall and I went up to a lodge area with a beautiful view of the Andes. But soon we were inside a cloud and couldn’t see up or down the mountain. Then it started flurrying! It was so cool but it was the only time I started to get cold. I also wondered if it would be more difficult to ski back down. We met up with Kendra and Alex, who are better skiiers/snowboarders and made plans to head down the mountain to return gear and meet the bus. I was petrified. Kendra led the way and I felt so bad because I kept falling over and having to take off a ski to get back up. She went down the mountain and got on a lift to come back up and help me because I was stuck at one point! But I managed to get up on my own and I came down the rest of the mountain without falling and had a lot of fun!!! My day ended with a hot chocolate and an amazing ride back down the mountain into Santiago. 

Hot chocolate!

Crazy icicles

Biggest jacuzzi ever!