so its pretty early right now on our free sunday. everyone is still asleep. but i´m up and at it already. yesterday we went to valparaiso on our own (we even figured out how to take the subway there which is kinda cool). it was really fun. we ended up just walking around alot which some people complained about, but we ended up having a really good time. we started out by doing a boat tour of the bay area. it was really short but for 4 dollars it was nice to take some good pictures. we have been having a debate because a couple of the 9 people that went say they saw a penguin in the water but no one else saw it so we dont necessarily believe them. so after the boat tour we walked around to the little craft area right next to the boats. there were some pretty cool stuff there. after that we went back up the incline that we went on the other day to get back to the top of the hill. there is a bunch more little craft places up there that were nice. we spent a good amount of time looking around at those and then we began our adventure at the top of the hill. no one really knew where to go we just kept walking around but eventually we ended up finding some steps that led down to a beach. the water was pretty cold at the beach but it was really nice because there was a rocky area where we all sat down for a few minutes and enjoyed the view/beach. i even ended up having a full on conversation with these little kids who were wondering where we were from and asking all these questions about the united states. so after the beach we all went back to the hotel and mostly got on the computer and stuff. brad, mark and i went to mcdonalds to use the internet there to check email and look at facebook pictures that jo had put up. after that we decided to go to dinner at tiki tacos, which was pretty good. i think the best thing was the brownie tiki taco (brownie sundae) that brendan and i split. it was yummy. then for the rest of the night we all pretty must just chilled and watched tv or movies. pretty uneventful night.

so today we are thinking about going back to reñaca which is a beach area and has some really cool rocks that we walked out on the other day (avoiding possible death). and then tonight we have a group dinner at an italian place yum yum.

happy mothers day, colleen! (and happy anniversary too)