Costumes and Artsy Stuff

This week the juniors in my school spent all week putting together a party for the seniors. In Chile, the school year ends earlier for seniors, so we have to say goodbye to them next Wednesday. Because of this, we threw a costume party for the seniors on Friday and it was amazing! All week before the party I was stressed about finding a costume because I had such little time and not very many ideas. I decided to rent a costume, but when I went looking with my friends I couldn't find anything. I wanted to be Alice in Wonderland at first because I wasn't interested in trying to look sexy at age 16, but as the party got closer, I gave up being picky about costumes because I needed to find something to wear to the party if I wanted to go. I told my host parents about how worried I was about finding a costume so they took me out to find one the night before the party. We went to a store in a nearby town, Machali, because that's where everyone else had found good costumes. Only when I arrived at the store did it occur to me that because everyone had found costumes there, there might not be any left. Sure enough, there were only four costumes for girls left and three of them were enormous. The other was a little black and red dress that fit me perfectly. My parents encouraged me to use it, and I was tired and so don't with trying on costumes that I agreed, grateful to be done with my search. In the car ride home, a friend texted me asking me what I was and I realized I had no idea what my costume was called. I asked my parents and they told me I was a "cortesana."  I had no clue what that was, so I looked it up on my phone and discovered it was a refined escort/prostitute for kings and nobles! I was so shocked! I started laughing so hard and explained it to my parents who laughed too. Throughout the night, we made a lot of jokes about how terrible it was going to be to explain my costume to people. The thing about my costume was that it wasn't showy or very short or inappropriate; just the idea of it was pretty far out of my comfort zone. I decided that I would wear it with confidence and accessories that made it look nicer. On Friday, when I arrived at the party, everyone loved it! They thought it was beautiful and some even thought I was Little Red Ridinghood hahaha. At one point, some of my classmates even lined up to take pictures with me! The party was awesome and I had such a great time! We danced and laughed and ate Chilean pasties and had a 

splendid time!

The next morning, I woke up early to go to Santiago with Alex and her family. Alex, for those of you who are confused by the many people I blog about, is the other girl from California who is living in Ramcagua. We went to an arts and crafts fair because Alex's host mom really likes to make things. When we arrived, Alex and I were a little bit worried because the fair looked really boring and we knew we had to stay there all day long. It was just a giant tent with way too many people inside and it was a really hot day. But Alex and I found every way we could to make it fun! We spent a lot of the day walking around outside the fair and discovered new places and took lots of pictures!

Arriving at the fair.

We sat out in the grass and ate a ton of delicious chilled fresh fruit.

We decided to try and make some artwork for ourselves..

This is how mine turned out hahahah

(Alex's is WAY cooler!)

At one point Alex told me to try to climb up the side of a building. I really thought I could do it but I guess I was wrong. I got stuck like this and we were both laughing really hard but at the same time I was flipping out because beneath me there was a moat that ran around the building which you can't see in the picture. Alex, being a great friend, skipped helping me out and decided to take pictures of me suffering instead. THANKS ALEX. 

We were walking through this little restaurant village thing when we stumbled across this really awesome door! It was so pretty that u just wanted a picture with it. While I was trying to take a picture, a man tried to open the door and it hit me! I was so embarrassed hahahah. Then Alex went to take a picture with the door and it worked out perfectly so I told her to try again with my picture. Of course when I tried to take another picture another waiter opened the door into me again! I don't know why these things always happen to me, but Alex and I just ran away cracking up and feeling like such idiot tourists!

Alex and I found Popsicles called tongue Popsicles that flop around when you try to eat them. They were really gross and really good at the same time but we sure had an interesting time eating them!

I don't know if this picture even needs a caption, but I saw this beautiful flag on this beautiful day and had to take a picture with it for my tremendously beautiful Brazilian. I had the kind of day Saturday that I used to have with Juliana; full of random adventures and pictures that are really confusing to the people who aren't in them. 

I had an amazing week. :)