¡Hola Amigos!
I'm in Concepción with my host family, who are the sweetest ever! I am living with Camila and her mother. Cami speaks excellent english although her mother only speaks spanish and french, so Cami has to translate for us. I am absolutely loving it here!
Concepción is a very interesting city. We have already learned a lot about the earthquake and can see its effects still, in broken buildings, shifted foundations or unrepaired parts of bridges. But it has still recovered amazingly fast.
We went into the coal mine today, and it was an incredible experience. A miner himself gave us a tour and it was really astounding to hear all the stories about how they had to deal with gas leaks and figure it out in the olden times by keeping a parrot who would faint at the presence of methane, about how they would tie their children to beams to prevent them from running away and forcefully get rid of their fear of the mines, and about how if the lanters die and there is completely absolute darkness all around, they have to have the courage to stay in the same place until they are rescued - they are the real valiant heroes of Chile.
We just came back from Cami's friends party and are exhausted. More stories tomorrow about Dichato and how it was hit by the Tsunami.
Take care, hasta Mañana!
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