El Segundo Fin De Semana!

Weekends here are looked forward too just as much as they are in the United States.  I mean who doesn't love a good weekend? :)  I recently met some other auxiliary people that live in small towns around Santiago and made friends with them.  This weekend they came back to Santiago to visit!  Some of them are from the United States, but some are from England and Ireland as well.  It is amazing how English in one country is SO distinct from English in other countries!

We went out together Saturday night to what looked like a Galician Socialist bar.  They had various books including the biography of Che, T-shirts for sale saying Socialism for Life, etc.  I walked in and immediately thought my brother would just LOVE this bar since it had such a cool vibe.  Then as the night went on, I realized that the couples in the bar were not exactly hetero couples -- Apparently this bar is a galician socialist bar that doubles as a gay bar! Some of the highlights included dancing to one of my brothers favorite songs 'Eres para mi' and seeing a man in tight shiny silver pants with makeup.  :)  Ryan, I miss you and love you so much! You were totally on my mind that night!

Other highlights for the weekend included watching the English version of Aladdin with Agueda who understood way more than I thought she would, and Valentina saying her first few words in English!  We were at their swim lessons and all of a sudden Valentina started counting outloud in English!  Her dad asked her if she learned that in school, and she said No, that she learned it from me!  :) Progress!  In the picture at the swimming pool -- Valentina is saying 'Hi Max!!!' hahahaha! Love Match.    We also took the girls to see the marionette version of  "Bella Durmiente".  That was the first time I had ever seen a puppet show! I also started an intercambio with my principals dad.  Two days a week I help him with his English and he helps me with my Spanish.  Hopefully we both get a better idea of each other's language! :)