Passed The Test

I had my second test this week to graduate Intermediate Level 1-B. There is a test every two weeks. I was worried about this one because there is a lot of grammar in the subjunctive tense which is very complicated. It´s a tense that we don´t have in English and it´s hard to understand when to use it. But I received an 84%-(75% is a passing grade). I was thrilled just to pass! The rest of the class was just as confused as I was and everyone received around the same grade- I think that the highest grade was an 87. Anyway, after the test we went to the liquor store and bought a couple of bottles of Chilean wine to celebrate my last day in Santiago and passing the exam. Then we had an Almuerzo de Despedidas (a goodbye lunch) where everyone leaving had to give a speech. I don´t like talking in public, but the post-test wine definitely helped. I got a certificate and everything! Here´s a picture of me looking awkward again. Enjoy.

A girl named Sarah moved into my family´s house at the beginning of the week. It turns out that she is also from Seattle! We lived a block apart from each other in the University district, she went to the UW. We are even the same age. We have so much in common it´s crazy. It makes me realize what a small world it is. It has been nice to have her in the house for a change of pace.

Tomorrow I´m off to Bariloche, Argentina in central Patagonia to finish up school. I will be staying with another home stay family. I hope they are equally as nice as my family here. I´ll be taking a 20 hour bus ride to get down there. Ugh. I splurged for the ¨semi-cama¨bus that has more comfortable seats and more leg room. I think it will be worth it... I can´t wait to get into the mountains. I´m definitely a mountain girl.