El Futuro

El Futuro: "elle foo-tour-oh" The future.

So just this once, I think it would be more fun to let you know what's happening in my world BEFORE it happens, rather than weeks after. Here's what's on my horizon for the next few weeks:

Wednesday, October 19: Tonight I'm going to my first "Ultimate Nocturno," aka Nocturnal Ultimate Frisbee that we play on the beach with what sounds like glow-stick bracelets/headbands in order to see everyone and I'm hoping for a light-up frisbee (the glow in the dark type are never the right 175g weight and are typically made of cheap, flimsy plastic...oh yes, there are frisbee snobs all over the world these days).
When I get back I'll probably think about finishing my Valparaíso Cine, Historia, y Cultura paper.

Thursday, October 20: At 8pm I'm off on a 13 hour, overnight bus trip with my program to Pucón in the South of Chile! Just as it gets warm here (oh yes, shorts were worn by Chilean nationals today...seems impossible but it has turned out that they indeed must own them), I'm going South toward Antarctica. Did you know on the morning news they give the daily forecast for Antarctica? During this extremely short trip (we pull another all night bus on Sunday) we are going to visit with the native Mapuche people, bathe in hot springs, explore the great outdoors, go zip-lining on the longest zip line in Chile over a volcano, and who knows what else we'll get into.

Thursday October 27: Yep, exactly one week from tomorrow I'm off on my grand adventure to Peru. I'm not planning to travel at the end of my time here (even though classes all finish around the last week of November) due to lack of funding, so this is the big one.
 First stop: the capital, Lima for two days
Second stop: Cusco and Aguascalientes for five days to see one of the 7 Wonders of the World- Machu Picchu...and hopefully lots of llamas.
Nothing specific is planned yet...hoping not to get too horribly stressed out about it but we'll have to see when the time comes! Anyone been? Suggestions?

Sunday, November 6: Potential trip with Ultimate team to play against another team from Santiago! This is only two days after we're back from Peru so in all likelihood I'll be scrambling to get homework done...but hopefully I can make it.