On Thursday my History of Music class had guest musicians who put on a brief concert of Renaissance music on Renaissance instruments, which was pretty cool. If you're interested, check out the Viola de Gamba and the Lute, as those were the two instruments that I witnessed. Also exciting in Music History was a Renaissance dance lesson on Tuesday by our TA. He is taking a class that teaches this style of dance, and shared his knowledge with us. I can now successfully Pavane into a room in a very stately manner, which was fun to learn. (Figures that all the interesting events for that class are only at the end of the semester...)
On Saturday I helped out some fellow students at La Catolica. They are studying design, and a project included creating a product that could be exported. For this they made a series of non-alcoholic cocktails and looked for US students to taste test and give feedback. There were supposed to be 6-7 American students participating the day I went, but for whatever reason I was the only one! While it was a bit overwhelming to be surrounded by so many strangers, I got a lot of Spanish practice in!
Saturday was also the celebration of my host sister's birthday, so I got my share of some DELICIOUS cake and as always, good company. She didn't have a party, just a small gathering of friends and family, which was nice.
Sunday it was pouring so I stayed inside and studied for my finals this upcoming week, but I also got a bit of interesting information about Father's Day culture here in Chile. My host brother got up despite all the rain and cold and met his father and uncle, to go to the graveyard where his paternal grandfather was buried. It was three generations of the family all together, which seems to me a really nice gesture for the day.
That's what I got for the week. Hopefully the coming one isn't too stressful with finals, but we'll see!
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