2/2/07 8:54 PM Hi everyone! It’s still light here at 9 PM, but darkening. A few shades before twilight. It’s very nice and purple. Well…. I have a list of things to write about, so I’ll just follow it for now. Santiago’s really a pretty interesting city. You can find all kinds of strange things on the streets. The best example is La Pequeña Gigante, or “ giant little girl,” a giant, 30 foot wooden marionette that was set up in the middle of central Santiago. I guess she’s an project of some traveling French art troupe of some kind, but everyone loved her. She just spent 4 or 5 days in Santiago, doing things that little girls do, like sitting, standing, sleeping, eating, peeing (I don’t know how that worked, but that’s what the newspaper
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