Let's get ready to rumble

Well, I didn't really do too much the past week. I just kind of did the living thing: teaching, eating, hanging out with my Chilean family, and friends, experiencing an earthquake. What? Did I just say earthquake? While it was more like a tremor it still confused me and I didn't know what was going on for a good ten seconds. Yesterday I was reading in the living room, soaking in the sun with our dog Pelusa, and dozed off only to be awoken by a shaking. At first I thought it was a bus, but the movement was more intense that a truck or bus, and it continued for about 20 seconds. The dishes and glasses rattled, and I stood up thinking, "Is this the end?" as I looked Pelusa in the eye and tried so hard to understand dog language. I think she told me in broken English, "Don't worry Ben-ha-mean, this happens fairly frequently, and because we are on the fourth floor the vibrations are magnified. Now lets get back to our naps." I felt better after being reassured by my street-wise dog.
Late that night, my "Brother" who used to live in the apartment told me some stories of the windows rattling and dishes falling out of the cupboards. Wild stuff. Well I guess I can cross that off my list of things to do while here in Chile.

Interesting fact. There is a WWE wrestler from Green Bay Wisconsin. This weekend I told someone(Chilean) I was from Wisconsin and he immediately followed with, "From Green Bay, Wisconsiiiin! Mmmmmisteeeeeeeerrrr Kennedyyyyyyy...!" I'm finding out more and more about my home state and country abroad.

Sunday, like I'm sure everyone knows by now marked the first qualifying game for Chile to enter the World Cup. I ended up hanging out with some Chilean family and friends as we pre-gamed and watched the game on our little tv in our kitchen. I kept thinking about how similar it was to Badger games, but extremely different at the same time. We were drinking wine and pisco instead of beer and bloody mary's, and instead of brats we had a dish of fried onions, cheese and egg with rolls. And of course the whole, watching soccer instead of football. We had our chants as well, which were just as uninspiring as "Let's Go Red." "Ch-Ch-Ch, le, le, le, Chile!"

It is winter here, but yesterday it was 68 and sunny, so I'm not really complaining. I guess that's all for this week. I have two more weeks of teaching and then finals. How the time flies.