Holla the forest fairy! What a week! First I am so prepared only on my last test in Rosario, which was to be the most difficult of the semester, and I have written shortly before my departure by night bus to Santiago de Chile last Friday. By email I have received by now the news that I have mastered to 95% - and had also apparently existed as only one of all exchange students at all even! *'m Proud of myself! * When I last Saturday after about 22 hours on the way arrived in Chile's capital have occurred, did in fact my personal worst case scenario, what I I painted before leaving for Argentina in July had: the ATM machine at the bus station, which should give me Chilean pesos, has swallowed my card (which - as we say - probably more often done in Chile). So, so I'm in a whole new country, a very different place (not even Argentina!), Where I've never been where I knew no one on site, ready in the Lernerei, the written examination and the eternal driving around ( night) buses, and my only credit card that my one-to-come-cash means is suddenly gone! Gigantic! After Rumtelefonierei I lock the card within a very short time can, at least when no abuse can be operated and again alles organisiert, um so bald als möglich an eine neue Karte zu kommen - also hat sich mein Problem-Lösungs- bzw. Organisations-Talent mal wieder unter Beweis gestellt! Mit dem letzten argentinischen Bargeld, das ich in der Wechselstube tauschen konnte, bin ich dann glücklicherweise erst einmal ins Hostel gekommen. Dort habe ich sämtliche weiteren Dinge bezüglich neuer Kreditkarte mit Visa und Bank geregelt. Naja, und wie der (glückliche) Zufall es so wollte, ist die Karte ein paar Stunden bevor ich einen Bekannten von daheim treffen sollte - der gerade ein paar Wochen durch Südamerika gereist ist - und mit dem ich gemeinsam ein paar Tage auf die Osterinsel fliegen wollte, abhanden gekommen. Glück im Unglück...oder einfach nur Good timing? Well, just about everything in butter ... somehow you go even further and ALWAYS! Sunday we will therefore herumgestiefelt together in Santiago and have the "South American Cities Sightseeing" made before the plane would take us to my highlight for 2009: on the Santiago about 4000km away from Easter Island!! Easter Island is tiny, and is also the spot on the earth that is the furthest away from any other population. Of course, caused by volcanoes, it has only an area of 24km to 13km and less than 4,000 inhabitants. There is also the "Rapa Nui" is about 10 not to be underestimated "mountain-hill," the ...... reach up to 500 meters and always exactly on the way between the 600 surviving "moai" - that stone figures - are. Sunday evening - still ended up with light - we have gotten from the hostel, which picked us up at the airport, even those reassigned Hawaiian leis, as I was then blessed the same time. Unfortunately, it was until we came to the hostel then already dark, but the first walk on the beach on 2 Christmas carols sing with - after all was Nicholas - could not miss! Equal Monday in the morning we have therefore rented mountain bikes to visit if possible, each of the figures. Until late in the afternoon, we pedaled into words across all the hills about it among others to the north side and are gone in an impressive setting for the first time swimming in the Pacific. The 18km mountain bike back running race I've despite a small competitive advantage but then (just) not yet won (but I know once again, go why I prefer along rivers!), But at least we made it with a bottle of red wine but done in time for sunset at the beach. Tuesday we are then kicking on all other statues that we have not seen the previous day, were again on the beach on the north side and were then caught by a heavy rain shower, so we are again in the evening soaking wet and with bike mishap came back . The only thing that was missing then to visit, was a volcanic crater with early time-landscaped village, about 400 meters, we have started up just before Anbruck the dark. Wednesday morning I wanted to be sure to see even the sunrise, so we are about 6 clock in the morning with my head lamp cycled armed to the east side of the island. Unfortunately, it was still cloudy from the rain the previous day so that more could have been seen .... but it was still beautiful, and with his mate early in the morning, a day also just good start! After breakfast, we drink the coffee will come to write postcards, and then it went back to Santiago de Chile, where last night we still comfortable with a bottle Chilean red wine could end (Argentine Malbec is still better)! Yesterday we went after breakfast to the airport of Santiago, and now to 1 clock at night I was - again totally whacked on the road - at last with Lisandro and Lucy in Rosario. For approximately 4 hours I sit here again very disciplined in the library at my university to write my bachelor thesis on, which I would like to finish by Christmas. There is still much work waiting for me, but 12 hours a day has indeed opened the library also ....! Review of photos with my 5th Month in South America next week! Christmas greetings to you send the Vreni now in the library ....
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