Gone Surfin

Today was awesome!! We planned on going surfing since the beginning of the week but since we didn’t get much sleep last night everyone was sort of debating on going. But we ended up still going thankfully. There were 5 of us, Olivia, Jaclyn, Alex, Kelly and me. We left at around noon and made our way to the surfing place. Javier made arrangements for us to go surfing at a place but there were literally 15 surf shops along this strip and we couldn’t find the place we made arrangements for. Eventually we found this one where they spoke English and we actually got a better deal with this place. We warmed up at first by running and stretching – boy am I out of shape! Then after we learned the correct surfing techniques then we went in the water. It’s technically winter in Chile so we were a little nervous about how cold the water was going to be, but it wasn’t that bad! Kelly and Alex were really good at surfing while the rest of us weren’t that good. But it was still a blast! It was just really cool to say we went surfing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile at Playa Boca. The most I stood up on the board was probably for like 10 seconds but I was still happy with myself!

After surfing we hungout in Concón for a bit. We stayed at the surf shop and talked to the guys for a bit and then we went for empanadas and pizza at a shop right next to the surfing place. It was a cute little place, I got a ham and cheese empanada and I ate almost an entire chicken pizza by myself. Safe to say I was a little bit hungry. After, we got back at around 5 and had a group dinner at around 6:30 at this really cute Italian place down the street. Tonight a couple of us are going to the casino because it’s legal to gamble here at 18. And when in Chile, do as the Chileans do – right? Well, hopefully I don’t lose all my money. Adios amigos!