New Years in Chile!

So it is finally 2008 and I really can´t believe that I am actually in Santiago, Chile to celebrate it. It was quite an interesting experience. Here is how it went.

So because we are good Adventists the family decided to celebrate New Year´s at Sundown with a nice dinner. So we sat down to Dinner about 9:45 p.m. and had a lovely dinner and chatted and just had some good family time. Side note: I was actually able to participate in this conversation unlike the Christmas Dinner conversation. I was very proud of myself.

So after dinner we cleaned up and got ready to go watch the fireworks at El Centro de Santiago. As we were nearing El Centro we could see cars all up and down the city streets and the overpasses (we were on the autopista or freeway if you will) and people just crawling the streets. We get off the autopista and park in a little parking lot and start joining the crowd of people to this one bridge like overpass that gives a straight view of this Tower that is the center of the fireworks show.

After being covered in confetti we finally got to the top of the bridge and let me tell you the sight was pretty amazing. People crowded on this bridge confetti streaming everywhere the streets below also filled with people and confetti, wow it was awesome.

One minute before New Years and the confetti really started going and people´s champagne bottles started to pop. I froze because I did not want to get any champagne on me (ewww gross smell) and I thought that it was quite dangerous to let the corks go flying in such a small confined area with people whose eyes could be poked out by a mysterious flying cork. However never fear I was not hit by either (the cork or the horrid alcohol) and was able to enjoy the fireworks. It was so much fun to see them in such a crowd that was so hyped up.

Than we returned home, but it took forever because the rodes were full of cars and pedestrians. Important note: They do not care about pedestrians here. If you are walking in the street be aware because you will probably be hit. THe cars speed up when there are pedestrians. They do not care. So stay on the sidewalks or in the site of a police officer. So we just turned up the radio and sang along with the VIllage People to "YMCA". It was a blast. And because south america doesn´t care about the language difference we rocked out to other American oldie favorites. So all in all it was a good time.

We got home safely (sigh of relief), drank our sparkling cider (hooray!) and me and Pink went to bed around 4 a.m. and I woke up around 12 p.m. the next day. Fun fun fun.

Feliz Año Neuvo!!!

NOTE: I JUST ate my FIRST BLUEBERRY MUFFIN IN SOUTH AMERICA. IT WAS AMAZING!!! THE END