This morning I met Heather and Jill (the workers) and Jorge (one of the friends) in Valparaiso and we did a little bit of sightseeing. Jill is new to Chile and had to turn in some papers, so they did that this morning and then when I met them we went to a cafe for some coffee. Actually, Jill and I got hot chocolate and it was pretty good…not like Color Cafe but still good. We had a nice chat in the cafe and then went up to Paseo 21 de Mayo…a beautiful look out over the city that you can only reach by going up a famous ascensor whose name I have since forgotten. It’s pretty touristy, but rightfully so, it’s a grand view. I’d never been there before so that was kind of fun. Jorge knows ALL about Valparaiso, so he kept throwing out interesting little tidbits about famous buildings and the like.
We walked down the hill and caught a bus to go to the market for lunch. We all got the fried merluza again and it was yummy. I fell in love with Valparaiso again today… everything I do is colored by the thought that “I’m going home in 3 months”. It makes me a little desperate. I don’t want to leave! But then again I regularly fall in and out of love with Chile so don’t be surprised if tomorrow I have nothing but bad things to say about my wonderfully crazy adopted city.
After lunch, I went to my short stories class and we had a good class about microcuentos like “The Dinosaur”,
Upon waking, the dinosaur was still there.
Shortest story, EVER. Written by a Guatemalen author, the original translation is
Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
So, today was a gooood day.
The phone rang while I ate.
I have the new world record!!! 6 words instead of 7!
Aren’t you proud to be dating a living record holder?
I’m stealing your story and am going to bring it to class tomorrow to share with everyone.
Aren’t you proud to be dating a shameless intellectual property thief?