The Taming of the ‘Struz

September 11th has long been an infamous day for Chileans.  About a week in advance I was warned by my Spanish teacher to avoid certain parts of Santiago from the 9th to the 11th because protests and riots commonly converge on these areas.  And as the 11th neared, my sister, her boyfriend and I heard more and more about how we shouldn’t be out and about at all on the 11th.  Serendipitiously, a friend had previously decided to host an Asian-food-themed Girls’ Night on the 11th, so at least we wouldn’t have to stay locked in our homes – we could stay locked in someone else’s.

Last time we were there, we had noticed something interesting on top of her fridge and vowed to convince Batman to come with us on our next visit for a photo shoot.

We headed over to her place just after work, and while we began preparations for making sushi and chicken lettuce wraps, my sister and I took these photos of Batman and his new-found avestruz (Castillano (or Spanish) for “ostrich”):

Oh, and you have to promise not to tell the guys we let Batman join us for Girls’ Night. (They might feel left out.)