5 Days Passed in Valdivia

So I am starting to get settled in a bit here in Valdivia. It´s very pretty here, but cold. It reminds a lot of the Pacific Northwest like Seattle so I like it a lot. There are rivers, trees, the pacific ocean all abound and I am not far from lakes, mountains, volcanoes I will soon explore. Valdivia is a really nice city as well.
The school I am teaching at is a big private, Catholic high school. It´s really nice though and they keep the kids in line really well. I have been teamed with a Chilean English and she is really nice and easy to work with. The only thing is, she just started last year and before that there was no english teacher. So all the kids, from all the grades are at the same level of english, which is not very much. I have my work cut out for a me bit, but it should be fun. The school is a 45 minute commute from Valdivia each way though. No es bueno.
I am living with another teacher from the school and her aunt. They are both extremely nice and really good cooks. It´s been really good to speak spanish with them and practice in that way. I am my own room which is really comfortable.
I went to beach yesterday and it was amazing, but it looks exactly like San Simeon so it made me miss home a bit. After that, I met with some other gringo friends who are also living in Valdivia and it was pretty refreshing to be able to speak english at a normal speed and vocabulary for awhile. There are 4 other volunteers in Valdivia and 3 more in the region, and we all get a long well and should be able to help each other out with teaching ideas and such.
So far, I haven´t found anywhere with wi-fi to use my laptop so pictures and skyping will have to wait but I have internet at school and a cafe by my house, so email me: klcoons@gmail.com and i will tell you more about Chile. adios