Classes!

We started our classes on Monday! They go all day from 10:30 - 5:30. There are four of us in the class. Us, and another couple from Atlanta, Chelsea and Walt. They are very young, 22 and 23, and just graduated from college. Since they are from Atlanta, they are Falcon fans and Green Bay plays the Falcons in their 2nd playoff game on Saturday. So Jesse is excited to watch it with them. We found an expat bar called the California Kitchen and Bar, and it is right next to our school!

Our teacher James is really great. Very friendly, and eager to help us with everything we could need while here. He is from Modesto! Which is in California! And is only 40, so is closer to our experiences. He's been in Santiago for 6 years and was in Spain for 4 years before that.

We figured out the shower! So it's nice to have longish hot showers!

Jesse has been cooking dinners and we have been taking turkey sandwiches to school for lunch. I have had some stomach (gas) problems for the past 3 days, and I think it was because when we ate out I would get soda because a lot of places only had alcohol or soda and I wasn't going to drink the water. It was pretty painful and annoying to start school with, and I was suitably dramatic about it all. :)

Last Saturday we went to see a friend of a friend who lives here. She is from Seattle originally and has been in Santiago 6 years. She moved here to teach English, but quickly got a resident visa, another job, and met her husband. Now she's pregnant with her first child who will arrive in February. We had brought a mycoach running trainer for her husband from the States since electronics are much more expensive here. So we met up and had lunch, and it was really great to have someone answer all our questions and relax with while speaking English!!

We have to run off to class now, so I'll write more tomorrow.