In Chile

Hello from Rengo, Chile.
I have completely forgotten to write. I will be honest. Let´s start off with before leaving. I left Nashville, Tennessee at the crack of dawn. I was up before the sun! My best friends, boyfriend, and family were at the airport to say goodbye. After walking threw security the worst part was over.. the goodbyes. I went to Miami, Florida with other AFS students where we had an oriantion. I feel like we all insantly clicked, minus some of the guys, thats normal though. haha. Being an airport/on a plane from February 25th, 5:30 a.m. Central Time til 9:00 a.m. Santiago, Chile time on February 27th, is not my idea of fun. It was tiring and I went 36 hours with exactly 1 hour of sleep.
After getting into Santiago, Chile, I went to oriantion with all of the kids around the world who came to Chile. I mean from... Germany, Thialand, Japan, Austria, United States, Austrilia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, who knows where else, it was to much to capture. All of the kids were out going and awesome, I guess you have to be if you decide you want to live with complete strangers in a forgein country. There we split into groups and learned about Chile and Spanish. I was in a group with all American girls and the 5 New Zealanders who came to Chile. By the end of oriantion, families came to pick us all up. We all felt like orphan kids getting adopted because when someone got picked up or left to travel 10 hours to their host family, it was a bittersweet goodbye. We were all happy for each other, but it was just more goodbyes. I´ve never met such amazing people all within 5 days. AFS is a world of.. many people. Its a family. No doubt. I am glad I have people who I can talk with who is going through the exact same things and situations as me right now.
I was the 4th to last person to be picked up from the oriantion.. fun! After I got picked up my host family, which consist of mi mama y papa, my sister Fran, and my two brothers Nico y Matis. We toured Santiago. It was a lot of fun. Two days after being in Rengo, I went to south of Chile... to be more exactly, I went to Chiloe, Pichilemu (?), Osorno, Puerto Montt.. and I forgot the rest. It was beautiful and I went to a place like nothing I had ever seen before. I am pretty sure I saw my first volcano. It was exciting.
My town is small compared to Franklin, but very interesting. My classmates are interesting people and of course to langauge barrier is extremely hard right now. The girls are really nice and I feel like I am adjusting slowly. I got sick this past week so I havent gone to school much. Only two days so far..

I am tired of writing.. I will try and remember to write later.

Love.