Saturday, November 10th, 2007 Fiesta de las Frutillas!

Saturday, November 10th, 2007 Fiesta de las Frutillas!

I spent all day working on homework and relaxing. When I woke up Olga brought me coffee and a piece of the lemon cream meringue pie she had made for the party. Later I went on a run and helped Olga a little bit preparing for our Fiesta de las Frutillas. She bought a HUGE carton of strawberries from the market. I couldn’t believe how many nor how incredible they were! So red they were nearly black and all huge and not a single one bad. Around 6 pm the fiesta started in the metro where I met up with Courtney, Sara, Lorin and Natalie at the metro and we all walked to my house together. When we got there Olga was cooking away in the kitchen but stopped to give each of them a huge hug and smile. I can tell Olga loves having people over and I honestly believe she couldn’t have been happier!

The girls chatted and hung out while Olga finished up cooking. Sara had brought a bag of chocolate chips (which Olga had never seen before!) and we melted them on the stove to make chocolate dip (also which Olga had never seen!). Courtney and I set the table and once everything was ready, Olga brought out the huge tray of the best strawberries, the chocolate dip and home made cream and we immediately began stuffing ourselves with the most delicious strawberries I’ve ever eaten. Olga was absolutely thrilled with the chocolate dip and kept saying how much she loved it. I’ve been really good here in Chile about eating healthy, but I’ll admit, I was a bit glutton with the strawberries and cream and chocolate. But we all were and we loved it!

After we ate all the strawberries we could (there were still a lot left!), Olga brought out the little baked cheese sandwiches, avocado, lemon meringue pie and coffee or tea. We couldn’t believe there was more, but it was so yummy we kept eating! My four friends, Olga and I sat around laughing, chatting and occasionally snacking on another strawberry until quarter till 11 when they all headed out to take the metro home. Courtney had to take a bus to her house so I walked with her to the bus stop and we ended up having a heart to heart until almost midnight. I called Olga while I was walking back to the apartment and she laughed and said she knew the two of us would be chatting away! When I got back everything was picked up and put away and I apologized for not helping. But of course Olga wouldn’t have let me do much anyway! I went to bed early, looking forward to a good night’s sleep and dreams of strawberries.