Ola Hey Tam - thanks for sending me the blog info. Looks as tho you're having an extraordinary adventure so far, and you've just begun. Keep the photos comin ... hugs, cyndy
re:Wow! thanks! hopefully I'll get some up here soon... but it's hard to capture it all in a photo... you'll just have to come visit me here! I'll try to put together some pics of the view and town and whatnot though so people can get an idea of what it's like here.
eeew slush and snow? >.< it's pretty cold here in the mornings and nights and thats about all the cold I can handle... i feel very glad i'm in the desert when i see the words "cold" and "damp"!
hugs back to you and Stian! :)
p.s. I'm serious about visiting me here if you happen to venture north!
statue For those who don't want to go to the web page, this is the story of the angel and lion statue:
The monument to Italian-Chilean friendship, in the Plaza Italia, dates from 1910. The work of Italian sculptor Roberto Negri, the statue of an angel on foot lifts a torch symbolising the future, the lion represents the Chilean people breaking the chains to achieve independence.
Wow! Nice Tammy! What a cool house, would be great to see more pics of the view you describe too (hint hint)....:0) I'm in Punta Arenas right now, quite the opposite of desert, lots of slush and snow and really cold and damp......Stian and I both send hugs!
little rooms and trees yes actually I´m a bit worried about that, because I´m getting very used to the HUGE open sky here... especially at night, its incredible... you feel like you can see every single star! I´m going to feel so boxed in under trees and what not when i come home!
Statue of Lion and Angel I didn't think the statue sounded like Roman mythology they don't really do angels and I couldn't find any likely hits when I started googling mythology and whatnot... but Mom started googling the statue itself, and came up with this page: http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/blfisk15kmhistoria42.htm (for English speakers, there's a translation of the important bits at the bottom the second paragraph below the photo)
Tam, you might be interested to know that while the above page was the first thing that came up with a search of "lion angel statue santiago chile," the second was your blog.
nice house! It's great to see where you are living... I like having those pictures in my head when I think about you now! Looks very open and bright and airy - you will feel claustrophobic when you get home to small rooms and trees! And rain. Just had a little thunderstorm and downpour... it just stopped, now everything is cooler and greener and drippy.
yes i have! my family is wonderful, and ive started school as well... but unfortunately the bits i´ve written for the blog and my pictures are all on my laptop and its having trouble with getting internet.... so hopefully a full update soon though!
Glad to hear you are settling in! Hi Tammy!
What a great adventure...I am thrilled to hear that you are settling in. I am sure you are making lots of friends. Thanks for keeping us posted. We never got to do our tea party before you left! We'll have to have one when you come back so you can share all of your stories...Luv ya and miss ya...Trish
more about Bon Voyage Folks should feel free to just stop by and give Tammy a quick hug or hang out at our house (4-6pm) or at Chapaquoit Beach for the duration. We'll have snacks and stuff to drink at the house. Bring your own, if you want to have a sunset picnic at the beach. We can give people a ride from our house to the beach, if needed.
If you want to bring a picture or a note to put in Tammy's album that would be great. Especially good are pictures of yourselves (so Tam will remember us all!) and pictures of familiar places for her to show her host family and new Chilean friends!
Hope to see you Sunday!
TAMSTER!!!! <3 Tammy! :D your travel blog is the coolest thing in the universe...I'M GOING TO MISS YOU :'( but its okay cuz now i know where to track you down! peace....and when are we gonna have our boat adventure?!?!
The adventures of an ex-exchange student:
I spent a year living in beautiful little Copiapò, Chile as a YFU exchange student... and started this is as my blog of life in the Atacama Desert.
Then I spent a year back in the states studying Social Work, and I am currently back in Chile hoping to finish my degree here... and who knows where life will take me next ;)
*friends and family: if you want to get updates, send me your e-mail so I can put you on the list to be notified when i write a new entry!
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Ola
Hey Tam - thanks for sending me the blog info. Looks as tho you're having an extraordinary adventure so far, and you've just begun. Keep the photos comin ... hugs, cyndy