In the weeks after thanksgiving, we spent a lot of our time resting, helping out at VilaFranca Petit Hotel, and sight-seeing in Santiago Chile. We had a great time and the sight-seeing was quite enjoyable, but we really missed working with children like we came here for! But the trip to Chile was neccessary because of all of the health trouble we had in Peru, it was a much needed time to recoperate. So we made the best of it and saw all the exciting things that Santiago had to offer. Its a really nice city and reminded us of Washington D.C. Some of our highlights were a historic castle, a Christmas parade, and little fair type markets! We were able to go to Valparaiso for a day, which was really fun! We got to take a boat ride around the harbor and saw some seals.
But we couldn't stay there forever, so after exactly a month we took a 24 hour bus to Argentina. Our first night there we didn't have a place to stay so we ended up at a small hotel, whose bathroom had a shower that was just a shower head sticking out of the wall above the toilet. By the next morning we were able to move into a small apartment in a safer part of town. Since we have been here, we have been working on getting out of here as soon as possible to finally get back to volunteering! We will be heading to Bolivia, hopefully by the 27th to work in a very poor orphanage in the official capital Sucre.
We have also been able to see a few of the city's main attractions, and even were able to take a day trip to Colonia Uruguay! It was a 3 hour boat ride each way. The town was cute and very quiet, the best part was being able to go into the 1800's lighthouse!
We decorated for Christmas, with colored paper, its...special...
Anyways we'll try to write again soon. Keep us in your prayers.
Andrea and Kelli
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