...I am in Chile. Our flight left around 2200 from Atlanta and we finally arrived in Santiago at around 8. There was no inflight entertainment, but the guy next to me gave up his window seat and thus I was able to catch a few Zs. We eventually made it through customs and met up with a cadet and an officer from the military academy. They gave us a ride to the school while explaining what was going to be happening for the next couple of days. After getting assigned to our rooms (not with other Americans), we relaxed for a bit and then headed down to lunch, which consisted of a generous portion of noodles and meatsauce. After that, we walked to the mall, which is fairly close to campus (take notes, West Point) and bought some of the stuff that I had forgotten to bring along. I also managed to get more minutes put on my cell phone (at the pharmacy, for some reason). We ate dinner at McDonalds, where I almost managed to order in Spanish without messing up. Now we´re just relaxing and are soon going to head to a party.
So far, today has been a little bit worriesome when I take into consideration how little Spanish I´ve been able to understand today. Hopefully, I´ll get used to listening to people talk in Spanish, and I´ll get used to the Chilean dialect. It´s only the first day of a six month experience, after all.
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