ts Saturday May 14, 2011 9:57 pm. Today was quite a relaxing day. We have partied (or at least gone out of the hotel) every night this week. It was a well-deserved break for all of us. The only thing on the agenda for the day was attending the soccer game. But to start things off, most of us didn’t wake up till 11 or noon. I woke up at 10:30 am and got ready to go get cash with another student. But I think Chilean people time is sinking in because we didn’t go until about an hour after when we planned to make the trip. But anyway, we finally did go and when we came back, everyone was up and hungry. So we all decided to go to a restaurant that the two of us saw on the way back from the money exchange. After that we had about 3 hrs until the game. We watched all types of movies and shows in English and Spanish along with YouTube and World Star Hip-Hop videos. Comedy, comedy, comedy… and more comedy all day.

Soon after that, we left for the soccer game, which was about 20 walking minutes away from the hotel. Soccer truly is the world’s favorite sport (not including the US). The fans were on their feet screaming and chanting and singing and beating on drums all game. They shot off flares prior to the start and waved flags around everywhere. I’d say it was quite intense to say the least. We didn’t know who exactly to root for so we played it safe and rooted for whoever the crowd around us was cheering for. The food at the game was pretty good, especially considering it was cheap. Most sporting events in the US overprice their goods instead of under pricing them. I feel that since there was only one seller and tons of buyers, they basically were a monopoly and would have been much better off if they had just raised the price a little bit. But it is what it is. Now we are back at the hotel and I believe it’s about that time once again. It has come to be quite a routine for us these days. I shall return tomorrow.