Playa la Virgen

This weekend we went to Playa la Virgen for a little camping trip. It was the paseo de Fabiana. Or her class trip. All of her classmates and their families went to the beach to camp for one night. It was really fun. The beach has really nice fine sand. And the waves were really strong and the undercurrent too...so it was really fun to go and play in the ocean; even though it was extemely cold - the Pacific is never warm. I touched a jellyfish, because a few little ones washed up on shore. They feel really cool. This is kind of gross, but a dead sea lion also washed up, it was really sad but cool to see one really close. Luckily no one had to move it because it got swept away about five minutes later. I really like living this close to the beach. It is a perfect distance - about 40 minutes.

Teleton

Friday was the annual Teleton. It is a charity event all throughout Chile. It last 24 hours from Friday in the afternoon until Saturday afternoon, and for these 24 hours there are famous Chilean singers and bands who play a few numbers, like a giant concert. And in between the acts there are stories about kids who recieved help from the money raised the year before. It is broadcast on all of the local and national stations, so about 7. People call and pledge money or go to the bank and deposit money into an account to help reach the goal, which is usually an absurd amount. All of the money goes to kids who need operations because they were in an accident or born deformed. I thought that it was really good idea, and so does all of Chile.