Rotary Meeting

So once I finally arrived in Iquique, I ate dinner with Jose's family and showered. Then at 9 p.m. Connie and I went with Jose to his Rotary meeting. Apparently they always have their meeting late. They don't meet at lunch because lunch here is like our dinner. Families eat together, people come home from work to be with their families and as far as I know the kids have a break from school to come home for lunch. Dinner is more like a snack with bread, cheese, ham, and something else light. And there is always tea and coffee available. I like eating like this because I normally don't want to eat a big dinner anyway.

Back to the meeting. I think I understood 6 words out of the whole meeting. It was difficult for me because they started discussing something and everyone was talking at once. It sounded like a jumble of words and sounds to me. But after the meeting I talked to some of the members and it was much easier 1-1. Some invited me to their house for dinner and another guy has a daughter my age that he said he would have call Connie and I.

For food they served everyone a sandwich & when Connie and I asked for water they gave us that carbonated water stuff. So we learned that you have to ask for "agua sin gas" or else they give you carbonated stuff.