It was Mr. Green in the kitchen with the rope

I feel like my internal clock is completely screwed. My body is craving the beach and the killer heatwave that the east coast is having but my mind knows that the ski areas of Chile are opening this week.


Recently I have realized why I haven't had work all semester. Apparently the end of the Chilean semester is a scramble to get all the work done that was put off while the students where marching in the streets and throwing rocks. Nonetheless, I am not concerned.


This past weekend Middlebury treated the students in the program with an all inclusive trip to La Cascada de las Animas in Cajon de Maipo. Though it is no Sandals resort and the temperature sure as hell did not coincide with Jamaica, it was great to have the whole group back together again, sans Ed Quish, the other token Milford resident in Chile.


The trip was marked by good food, a nice jaunt to a waterfall, a puma siting (possibly caged), and board games in spanish. When I learned that no one had seen the movie Clue I was deeply upset that they all had missed Tim Curry's performance of a lifetime.

I also spent the fastest 12 dollars I have yet to spend in Chile. The zipline across El Rio Maipo was only worth the incredible views in the middle of the river. The sun setting over the snow capped peaks of the Andes while the river raged 30 meters below was quite a moment.