Santa Lucia on Day 2

Another Day in my new country! I woke up at 10:30pm and took a shower and had breakfast outside on the patio

with Emily and my newly arrived fourth roommate, Rio from Los Angeles. Today the

bulk of people in the English Open Doors program arrived. I met Bethany from Colorado who will be in Region 6 of Chile, Lia from Canada and James from Melbourne who are joining Summer in Patagonia, Jamie from Kennebunk, ME who will be in Mejillones and an almost newly-wed couple from Las Vegas who are moving permanently here after there wedding in a week. They'll be teaching near the tip of Chile near Punta Arenas. The program is now paying for our meals at the hostel, which is a nice break for us. After having lunch with the new arrivals, eight of us set out for Santa Lucia. After a long walk of kind of getting lost... we arrived at Parque O'Higgins, we met a man and his dog Lucy who not only told us how to get to Cerro de Santa Lucia, but walked us to the correct Metro station. Cerro Santa Lucia is located right near the Santa Lucia station within the park. The site is a beautful historic site with winding stair cases made of stone with little turrets, fountains, indigenous art, and beautiful views of the mountains from the top. You'll notice that you don't need to climb a mountain to get a view of action.... the PDA here makes Santiago seem like the City of Love!
Taking the metro for the first time, walking outside our comfort zone, and practicing the language with strangers for directions keeps me in check that I am indeed a tourist! However, as it's only the second day I can't feel too bad about it. One more day of rest before we must start orientation with a full schedule from 9-5. So hopefully, we can have some more fun before the weekend is over!