Q: Como se dice: "My wallet was stolen"?

A: Anoche, en Santiago, Se robaron mi monedero.

So, I start off the weekend meeting Lindsay and we go to Valparaiso. It's great. The hostel we stay at is amazing. We do more exploring around Valparaiso and that city has way more to it than I first suspected. I love it even more now. We walked around to quite a few places like:

Museo al Cielo Abierto

-The "Open air museum." It's not really a museum but more like a section in the hills of Valparaiso with walls covered by paintings. Really interesting part of the city. Since it's Valparaiso, it's not crawling with people so we just walked around pretty unmolested.

Los Cerros de Valparaiso

-Valparaiso is a very hilly city, (like if you were playing in one of the streets with a soccer ball and you lost control of it, it would literally roll down into the ocean-really) Its neighborhoods are named after the cerro (hill) that its located near. I haven't made it to the upper cerros yet where one of Pablo Neruda's houses is but I plan to soon.

We also went around to alot of the gnarly bars that are around here. I seriously have not found a single bar here that wasn't great. Of course, I like dives but all of these bars have a completely unique flavor and are cheap too.

Sunday we tried to go to Horcon to meet some Aussie friends from the program...and thus the horrible end to a beautiful weekend began. Horcon is a small fishing town about 40-45 minutes away from Valpo. We got on the first bus that said "Horcon" and that was it. It soon became evident that the bus was not going straight to Horcon because the driver told us (after already driving for 20 minutes) that it was an hour and a half away. So we acted quick and got off the bus in Con Con instead. It's still nice and is coastal so it has some nice spots to go to. We found a restaurant to eat at. Unfortunately, it took about an hour to eat since the service was slow. Long story short, after getting back to Valparaiso, getting our bags and getting to the bus station in Valparaiso, we missed our bus and had to buy completely new tickets to Santiago...and Santiago ain't close, it's like an hour and a half away. We rush to Santiago, get out of the cab, and, of course, Lindsay misses her flight. I feel terrible about this and offer to pay for her new ticket. I then reach for my wallet and find an empty space where my wallet was. I have no idea what happened...but it's gone. I am then in every cliche story about South America and almost weep like a baby in the middle of the airport. Lucky for me I had my tear ducts surgically removed when I was ten.

Now, it's completely possible (and more probable) that I messed up and dropped my wallet when getting out of the cab. I don't know. All I know is that there was $300 worth of cash in there and all my credit cards and I now have to get home to Villa Alemana with no ticket, no money and no idea what to do. Luckily Lindsay gives me some money, we say goodbye and I bolt out. I got home safe since buses were still running but....now what?