Blogs from Providencia, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 10

Janey its cold here! Santiago is nestled underneath the snowcapped Andes, and it really is a lovely city. We found it clean, and very safe to get around. Partywise, its not as great as Rio or BA, but of course they have a national drink, the pisco sours.. yumm. I'm not sure what the alcohol is but they mix it with lemon, and they are the business, slightly margarita-esq. We found it pretty difficult language wise here, our spanish is pretty brutal, and the level of english spoken here is low. So, meal times were fun.. a lot of pointing, nervous waiting and then surprises always appeared from the kitchen. I did manage to find mahi mahi on the menu one night... hee hee, and it was good! Flipper is soo cute, but he tastes ... read more

After a shaky preparation and a teary goodbye we had an event free flight over to Santiago. We´ve spent our first night in our freezing new home and are coping with the jetlag no worries. Our housemates have been very accomodating although the house itself is a little worse for wear. The shower is a hose and the hot water lasted for two minutes and so do thte heaters. Guess we´d better get used to these things though. Today we had our first day at Spanish school and i think they may be able to teach us a few words. Had lunch with some fellow students and really it´s all been quite dull so far. Sunday´s (the day we arrived) here nothing is open and then today was a national holiday so again nothing was ... read more

I arrived in Santiago, Chile, to be met by Kev at the airport. Oh wait, no that never happened, he was asleep in his hotel after not coming out of it for 3 days before i arrived. Luckily he had managed to feed and water himself so no major harm was done. We quickly organised ourselves in town, sorting a weeks intensive, brain hurting, 6 hours a day of Spanish lessons at Escuela Bellavista just around the corner from where we were staying in Providencia. Here we met Simon and Tammie from Bristol who we were to spend the next week and a half trying to learn a very small amount of the local lingo. The lessons were split into 2 hour sessions, 3 times a day and to be quite honest with you, by ... read more

Aika Perun ja Marikan lähdössä kului mukavissa, joskin haikeissa merkeissä. Lähtö lähestyi hitaasti, mutta varmasti. Äkkiä koittikin aika saattaa kulta lentoasemalle, ja itkuhan siinä tuli. oikeesti :) Sinä iltana pitikin poikien kanssa ottaa pari lasillista. Ei nyt suruunkaan, mutta en todellakaan juhlistaakseni. Tosiaan, vanha kämppis, Dimi palasi porukoineen matkalta Etelä-Chileen. He pyysivät minua liittymään seuraan matkaan viinitilalle seuraavana aamuna. Lähdin mieluusti, kun ei Marikankaan kanssa voinut enää viettää aikaa. Sittemmin selvisi, että Dimin tyttökaverin veljen tyttökaveri on töissä Belgialaisessa supermarketketjussa, ja että meidän pitäisi yhdistää reissuun vähän työtäkin. He olivat saaneet kaksi konttia pilalle mennyttä viiniä, ja meidän pitäisi tarkastaa viinitila,sekä nauttia heidän syyllisyydentunnon värittämästä vie... read more

So here I am, after far too much neglect of affection towards the computer (i.e. blogging. South America has a way of separating you from the internet). But as I have a hard time with structure as it is, I will try my honest best to keep this updated! I can´t thank you enough for caring enough to read about me life! I´ll try to keep it spicy for ya! So the basics: here I find myself living in the heart of Santiago, Chile, in my first appartment with a 27 year old interior designer named Carolina. She keeps me on my toes with spanish (she doesn´t speak english), and in return I unleash all my domestic instincts (aka. cooking, entertaining, lighting candles...) that have been boiling inside me after 2.5 years in a dorm ... read more