David!

I'm in David right now! I was wrong and the bus ride took 8 hours but it was actually a really cool bus ride. I saw so many things out the window. The whole ride there were all kinds of tropical plants and colorful houses to look at. I also saw a man cutting tall grass with a machete, a bunch of random huts selling things in the middle of no where and a lot of different cities. We stopped in Santiago for a half an hour and when I was waiting to get back on the bus I saw a man throw a live chicken into the road. A car ran it over and he picked it back up and walked away. It was very gross and it was very close to a KFC...

My house is really pretty and I'm sharing a room with my sister Olga. There's this really cute terrace with rocking chairs and a TV and I could spend all day there. I start school tomorrow so I got my uniform today. It was weird because everything is really cheap here but the uniform was sort of expensive. I got 3 shirts, a pack of socks, and a skirt for 50 dollars. After I got a set of 12 earrings for a dollar. Most things here are VERY cheap.

My family is all really nice. They are all really welcoming and friendly. I feel bad because I'm not that hungry and they cook AMAZING food but I get full sooo fast. I can't wait to get to know everyone better and start to make friends and speak spanish as fast as everyone else does!