Brazilenas

Gisele and Natalia, the friends I made in Rio last year, recently came to visit Chile with their friends Karis and Debora. First, they spent a week in another part of town, volunteering with an orphanage there. Then stayed with a friend in my neighborhood for a week, which gave me a chance to hang out with them.

I showed them around Plaza de Armas and Cerro San Cristobol, and took them out to eat a couple times. Because Portuguese is so similar to Spanish, they were able to function really well in Chile. And they could understand me if I spoke to them in Spanish. It was a blast to hang out with some people my age, especially four pretty girls from Brazil. (They got catcalled everywhere they went here.)

Of course, their stay was too short, but they’re talking about coming back sometime in the winter. I hope so – It’d be great to see them again before I head back to the States.