Salt Grinding and Stuff

Today my host dad woke me up at about 9:30am to go running again. Guess what?! I actually ran three miles. This is a big deal for me because, being a sprinter, I am not the best distance runner. Whenever I pass my host dad on the track he smiles at me and gives me a thumbs up and I wave to him; it's like our thing, hahah.  I think that I will take a break from running tomorrow because I have a busy day planned with Fran. We plan to spend the morning at Colegio Coya (to take the school picture) and then go meet Alex, another exchange student from California! I am so excited to meet Alex and her host sister. I have talked to Alex a few times on Facebook and she seems very nice! I hope we can become good friends and help each other with Spanish. I bet she will be a lot better than me though, for she has taken four years of Spanish classes and I have only taken two. 

For lunch today, my host dad prepared fish. He likes fish and fishing a lot! It tasted very good because he is a really good cook. After lunch, we were cleaning up and I noticed that my dad was using what they call a "mortero" to grind salt. To me, this was super foreign and cool so I had a total tourist moment and had to take a picture of it. Seeing my interest, my dad handed it to me and let me finish it for him. I felt helpful and non-American and it was fun. While I was doing this, my dad grabbed my camera and took a picture of me. 

I really like how in Chile, all ingredients are super fresh and how a lot of things are made at home. Things here are so simple, and I am really learning to appreciate that. :)