Christmas in July

I feel like it is Summer vacation, but its just winter.  No more stories about how warm the United States is!  But really, winter in Chile hasn't been very bad.  Its about 60 everday and gets a little chilly at night, but nothing compared to Iowa winters.

I've been on "break" now for about a week.  "Break" here means that I have students coming up to me all the time trying to make stuff up they've missed.  This week there is a make-up exam for students to improve their grades or do the final exam if they missed up.  Its basically their 5th chance to pass the course.  

My best friends Tina and Keri come this wednesday, in two days!  I can't wait to show them around.  They will be my first guests I'll host in Santiago.  We're going to Buenos Aires for 5 days or so.  I've heard a lot of people who travel to Buenos Aires and come back to Santiago say they want to move to Argentina after.  I'm excited to get out of the smog of Santiago and into another country.  We'll see how my Chilean Spanish, Castellano, holds up.

Here are some more pictures!  This is my ALL-BOY night class.

Me and some of my students at our 4th of July party:

Me and the other teachers at my site, Plaza Oeste:

Thats all for now.