Another "Best. Day. Ever"

Today was amazing, by far one of the best, most relaxing days ever!  This entire program started out so busy with a ton of different places to be/visit every day- the first 4 days were so jammed packed and everyone was exhausted, but these past 2 days were unbelievable.  The night before this morning, a group of us stayed in and just went to bed early to catch up on our sleep so we were completely rested and energized for the morning.  We took a bus to the "SPA."  In our Plus 3 Chile workshops during the school year, Jorge had prepared us that the SPA was not a regular spa and there would be cold pools.  All of us were really not looking forward to the day.  We got to the SPA and it was absolutely gorgeous.  The place was so fancy.  They were expecting us and had waiters waiting on us hand and foot.  The weather was beautiful to start with...sunny and warm!  This is crazy considering the students who went on plus 3 last year warned us that the weather was going to be cold and rainy.  We have been so lucky.  Anyways, we walked around the entire enclosed area and were in shock..there were about 6 pools, water slides, gorgeous paths with grapes hanging above our heads, soccer fields, and buildings with massages, haircuts, etc.  We played pingpong under the grape vines, sat in the lounge chairs in the sun, danced to the songs the DJ played, had an unbelievable buffet lunch with unlimited ice cream.  We played this one song with the DJ where he played songs from movies and we had to guess what movie they were from.  I got three in a row and won a mug!  After the SPA, the program advisor from the Chilean side hosted a BBQ at his house with all the Chilean students.  We experienced Chilean kabobs and Choripan!  We love hanging with the Chilean students...they are so funny and this is when we seriously learn about the culture.  The day was so relaxing and laid back; we weren't really on a schedule and it was so nice to just enjoy the weather. 

water slide at the SPA

paths through the SPA

grapes :)