Staying busy...

We are all going on an adventure... back in time. Back to the time when I should have been keeping up on my blog. I have been posting pictures frequently (make this one of your favorites: http://picasaweb.google.com/kenzikat or click on See My Photos HERE link to the right), but slacking on the blog posts. Here's the reasons why: I commute approx. 2.5 hours a day (to and from school), take intensive Spanish, work in the office, travel far and wide on weekends and spend quality time with my "host family." By the end of the day, I am ridiculously exhausted. However, no excuses!

Here we go, back to the exotic land of January 18th.

Remember that we were invited to a sushi dinner? Well, it was awesome watching an apparently multi-talented med student prepare this feast:
I didn't think I get the opportunity to eat sushi while I was abroad (raw fish in another country sounds like a bad idea), but it would be a shame to not take advantage of the 2500+ miles of coastline here. Plus, home made sushi? Best experience ever. Many more pictures of the chef and the group on my photo site (how many times do I have to plug this before you click on the link...?). The house was awesome, designed by the chef's architect father, plus the paintings in the background are by the brother who joined us for dinner. Really spectacular.

Let's keep this train rolling-- we are now going to embark on a night at the theatre.

So, Santiago has this really awesome theatre and performing arts festival in January. There are tons of performances (from Chilean groups and internationals alike) some free, but most discounted for these few weeks. We decided to see an opera called "Viento Blanco." If you're interested in knowing the true tragedy it was based on click here. It was lovely and I actually understood most of the spanish (with a subtitle screen, of course).
I belong here:

Because the theatre prices were so cheap we bought tickets to see Hamlet done by a Lithuanian group the next week. There were some really interesting design concepts which was fun for me (especially since I don't understand Lithuanian and Shakespeare Spanish subtitles are difficult).

Almost time for "once" (tea time), so I will write more later tonight!

Love to you all!