Sunday, January 01, 2006

Party People

We had a pretty memorable New Years here in Santiago. It started off with a big dinner with the usual 5 (I forgot to take a picture but trust that it was very similar to the Christmas dinner pic). Then we went downtown to see the fireworks set off from this towerish thing comparable to the Space Needle. It seemed like everyone else in the city had the same idea- it was packed. This is a picture of my Tia Ximena and abuelita Juana watching the show. After this we returned home for some drinks and headed off again to my Tio Pepe´s house where they were having a New Year´s party. We arrived there at 2:30 am and didn´t get back home until 6:30 am- the sun was already up when we finally went to bed. The next picture is of my Tio Pepe, his sons (my cousins) Ivan, Jose and Sebastian and his wife, Tia Anna. I met Ivan´s new family and some of my cousins´ friends, one of whom attended the Pearl Jam concert here in November.
Tonight we went to the house of my dad´s oldest brother, Tio Enrique, who has at least 35 people in his growing family. I (re)met them all tonight minus one cousin. I forgot my camera again but that´s ok because they´re ALL planning to come over here some time before I leave. So, I hope that everyone is well and also had eventful New Years celebrations.
Oh yeah, I´m going to have to take back #2 on the countdown list from the last entry as I learned that to "fulfill our obligation" to vote is more than just patriotic sentiment, turns out that if you don´t vote on the 15th you´re taken to jail or have to pay $50 USD if you know you´re not going to be in town. hahaha...(?). That´s ok though because I have a replacement:
#2 -There are 4 Quezada families within 10 minutes of each other and only one 5 passenger car between all of us. It´s quite a chore to stuff everyone in when we´re going some place. The record so far is 8 people, it was quite a sight.
Alright, until next time Dios te bendiga.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah! You met a member of the Jamily! HAHA Keep having fun, we all miss you.

ps. Rumor has it that the new album will hit the stands on April 1st. The American tour will start shortly thereafter...road trip?

January 04, 2006 7:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy New Year, B-----:-)

January 05, 2006 9:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds like you are having fun! Hope your arm is healing.

January 07, 2006 7:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

bianca.

i hope you've been getting my e-mails and telling everyone i say hola!

things here are usual. raining and gray. sun shines every now and then but mostly it's cold and windy. how's santiago? warm? i can't wait for summer to start!

the family is fine. school's going well and we all miss you.

write soon.

love,
a.

January 08, 2006 12:53 AM  

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