My Family, house, and Valparaiso.

The taxi dropped me off right in front of the house I would be living at for the next six months. This is a great place to live. Its a gated house in Vina. The location is very convenient. It is located 5 blocks away from the ocean, has great views, is a safe neighborhood, and all of the buses take me to Valparaiso and downtown Vina. My family here is very nice, they welcomed me into their home with open arms. Nury is my Chilean mother and Daniel is my Chilean father, Nury has two children from a past marriage in the house. Their names are Ignacio and Valentina. Valentina is 19 and Ignacio is 14. When I got here Nury and Daniel took me shopping at the local market to buy fresh fruit. I had no idea what was going on. I just kind followed them around like a lost puppy dog all day. Thats all I can do right now, just sit back and try to figure out whats happening. Mi espanol es muy poco, but slowly I am able to understand more and more through experience. I think that is why I am so incredibly amazed by Chile. There is so much to do, so much to see, and I want to see it all. After the fruit market, they took me on a tour of Valparaiso. My profile picture is from one of the balconies people go to sightsee. Valparaiso has steep hills and goes very high up, so the views are incredible. But the hills are also very dangerous and the place where tourists are most frequently robbed. Valparaiso is where my University is located. There are many poor and dangerous areas in Valparaiso and the city is not as clean as Vina. Personally though, I love valparaiso. The city has so much flavour. The streets are always busy with street merchants and up in the hills the ecclectic architecture, incredible graffiti and artwork, historical landmarks, and ocean views give the city its calouful flare. Here is some pics of the view from the house and the view of the city from the hills of Valparaiso.

City Views (Middle), Pics of Me and my parents (Top), and view from my house (below)