días lindos

Today in Valdivia it's hella rainy, but the last few days have been really nice out. And I have pictures!

Thursday:

Some graffiti near my campus: "How ugly it is, what the youth write with their inexpert hand."

There is tons of street art in Valdivia. some of it is political and almost all of it is really cool and beautiful. I'll post more pictures of it while I'm here.

My friends Jeff & Anna, eating ice cream in the plaza. Jeff had chocolate & rum ice cream, Anna had lúcuma with nuts. I also had lúcuma with nuts.

Friday:

Me! Yesterday Anna & I went to a park near her house, Parque Saval, which has a gorgeous lake filled with lily pads and frogs, and also has a little forest to hike around.

This is the view of the lake from higher up.

I don't have pictures of this, but I also went to a kareoke bar on Thursday night with my friends and I sang an ABBA song. It was a dream come true. I think kareoke bars are the best thing about being legal. Of course, after a night of kareoke, my throat was worse off than before, so I've been taking it easy trying to recover my voice. I actually did most of my homework today (on a SATURDAY. Good grief), and my host mom bought us lúcuma and chocolate ice cream, so it's been a good rainy day in.