Hi my name
is Paula Chaparro Alarcón, I'm from Chile, am 17 years old and I'm staying with
the Sternberg family.
When I
arrived last Friday I was really excited about meeting Hallie's family and they
received me with a nice dinner and lot of love, so I felt welcoming at their
house.
On
Saturday, in the morning Mrs. Sternberg took Hallie and me to met, Mike the
tiger, the pet of LSU, and then we went to a restaurant for lunch and we
ordered "PoBoys" a really tasty sandwich I never tried before, on the
afternoon we had a bbq at Sternberg family house, with all the chilean students
and their host families, we had a great time together, we ate yummy food, we
met each other, talked and even learned new dances, we taught the Americans how
to dance "cueca" and they taught us how to dance
"footloose". We had a lot of fun that day.
The next
day I went with Emma's mother and Javiera to the dance convention
"Hollywood Vibe" and I had a wonderful time, watching really talented
dancers and even I had the opportunity of take a picture with one of my
favorite dancers Allison Holker. I'm really thankful Emma and her mom, if they
read this... THANKS!!!:)
On Monday
we went to the Misisipi bridge to paint some of the pylons of the bridge and
then we went to the Rosedown Plantation, there we had the opportunity of walk through
a nice place, take photos and also visit a interesting museum.
Tuesday and
Wensday we went to school to normal classes, I was following Azha, she is
really nice person, she explained to me how the classes work, because the
system is different from Chile. I love the classes here I went to ballet, chemistry,
spanish and others more.
On Thrusday
we went to EHS and then took a bus to LSU, there the student from Lab school
joined us, and we had a tour through the most important buildings of LSU. One
of the most interesting parts of the tour was the habitat of Mike, the tiger,
there we met his veterinarian, and he told us how they take care of Mike. Then
we went to the environment and coast department of LSU and we visited some cool
labs there (my favorite part of the tour).
After we
finished the tour around LSU, we went to the Governor’s Mansion, through this
beautiful building we also had a tour, and we buy some ornaments and ate yummy
cookies. Then we visited the Capital Building, there we visited to the governor
office and other important places inside the building, including the 27th
floor, where we could see all Baton Rouge from the top of the building.
So far this
trip has been one of the best experience i had in my life, get to know many new
people, learn more English, visit so many places and watch a culture completely
different from ours from inside is something amazing and rare, I think we are
lucky to had this opportunity, and I am sure all the Chileans know that, and we
will try to enjoy every moment we spent here.
en la oficina del gobernador 
