We feel the time is coming, we're trying to pretend like we're prepared, we're not prepared, but if it's destined we are in.

We had a long weekend this weekend. Charlotte and I were originally planning to go the “7 Tazas” (literally translated “7 Mugs”). The “7 Tazas” is a series of cascading waterfalls in the mountains about a 5hour bus ride from Santiago. All the Chileans rave about it, saying it’s definitely worth a visit and is good opportunity to use our camping equipment. This was the plan, well, until we were told that rain was on the forecast. We decided rearrange for another weekend.
On Friday night I ventured out alone for the first without Charlotte. She wasn’t feeling very well and thought she’d be better off preserving her voice by not socialising. Fair enough. I had heard the day before that Chile was playing at home to Ecuador on Wednesday. It was a world cup qualifying match so I was very keen to get us volunteers some tickets. I was to find out when I got to the ticket stand that the only tickets left were 60,000 pesos (about 65euros). That’s over three quarters of our monthly wages, so we decided to give it a miss, after all, they will be other matches. I met Christine, Ayoolu, Naomi, Aaron and Tobias at 8.00 and we proceeded to Bellavista for a very enjoyable evening. :)
The next day Charlotte and I went to San Miguel Metro Station to meet Ed and Chris. On the cards was an evening of board games and baked goods at Jose Miguel’s house (an English teacher at Ed and Chris’s school). We arrived and watched the Chilean national football team beat Colombia in the World Cup Qualifiers. The 4-2 win meant that Chile is through to the World Cup Finals in South Africa for the first time since 1998. When England qualify for World Cup finals the celebration is minimal, however you’d have thought that Chile had won the World Cup by all the tooting of horns and cheering you could hear in the streets. It was a very special evening in Chilean football. I’m kind of pleased I didn’t buy the match tickets now. It wouldn’t have been a lot of money for what will be a fairly relaxed game. Although, if Chile win, Colombia will have to go to the play-offs against Brazil to qualify so they have everything to play for. After the football, we took part an EPIC game of Risk until 5am. We had a really lovely evening despite the lack of sleep. :)
On Sunday we met Ayoolu and Chrstine in Maipu and went to see a film at a mall near their house. We saw “The Taking of Pelham 123” in English. It was an awesome film. The next day we all went to the zoo at the foot of San Cristobal. I was surprised how many species of animals there were. After all, in the Chilean heat there is only a certain amount of animals that can survive the climate. The animals seemed happy enough in their enclosures but I felt sorry for the poor Polar Bear in the heat.
I’m looking forward to this week. It’s a short week at work because on Friday we have “Teacher’s Day”. “Teacher’s Day” is an opportunity for all the teachers in Chile to skip school for the day. Each school celebrates it in a different way. Our school for example had organised a day at a country house for all of the teachers. There’ll be a pool and a lunch and it’ll be a good chance to get to know the teachers outside of the classroom.

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