We had a very loose Latin American theme with salsa music playing in the background, Mexican and Chilean style food and red, white and blue (colours of the Chilean flag) paper chains decorating the house.
I knew most of my close friends were coming, but had a very pleasent surprise when a big bunch of people from my am dram group, family friends and neighbours arrived. Looking at the range of ages and people in the room made me realise the diverse circles I move in!
Anyway, I really enjoyed the evening and tried not to feel sad about saying goodbye to my friends. After all, I'll only be gone for 8 months and will stay in touch with everyone. So it was more like a celebration of the adventure I'm going on, rather than a leaving party.
The very few photos I took:
In other news....We have our leaving date!!! We finally know when we're jetting off, which is such a relief. We will be flying from Heathrow to Santiago (via Sao Paulo) on the 27th of January. It's much later than I had originally hoped, but after the worry of not having any date at all, I don't care!
We also have somewhere to live! The problems with finding us a place to live were what led to the delayed leaving date in the first place. So this too is a huge relief. We will be living and working in a special school in a village about 20km from Santiago. They have 200+ students, most living on-site, aged between 3 and 50 (some just never leave!). We (4 girls) will be living in a house in the school compound and will be helping to provide extra-curricular activities. In March, the other 2 girls are moving to a different project in Santiago, so it'll just be me and Katie who are there for the remaining 5 months. It sounds INCREDIBLE and I can't wait!
Aaaaaaaaaggggghhhh! Excitement!
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