Blogs from Providencia, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 8

Ok, so I skipped a week or so. I'm sorry, OK? Geez. Not much else happened in Bariloche. I met some other Americans, Robert and Michael, and spent most of my time either hanging out with them or a new English girl, Joanna. She was about 6'2". A giant amongst the Argentinians. Most of the men are 5'6" and they absolutely loved her for this. Many times when we would go out we'd get a guy standing on a chair to try and impress her. This would only make her mad and self conscious about her height. She was a monster though. The Dutch girls left me and I think that I am wearing thin on my house mates. Maybe it was when someone borrowed my keys from me and I had to wake Nick up ... read more

Don´t worry, I´m alive! I know it´s been a while, but things have been crazy here. I will try to get you all up to speed about what has been happening the past two weekends. I just can´t believe it´s all over and that I leave for the airport tomorrow night! It´s so sad, Chile really has started to feel like another home! After I last wrote, the group went on a wine train tour. It was the coolest thing ever. We took an old 1800s styled steam engine through the countryside. On the train, we were served a plate of cheese, fruit, and bread, and MANY glasses of wine to try. I think I tried a five different types of both red and white wines. By the time we reached our destination, I was starting ... read more

I’m typing this blog entry from the poolside of a Santiago airport hotel and I’ve got to be honest - it’s a bit of a struggle. We’ve been in Chile for exactly a week now and had really interesting and enjoyable time; however, it has seemed somewhat of an anti climax after the (largely unexpected) brilliant time we had in Argentina. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with what we’ve seen and done here, it just that Chile seems to lack much of the charm, charisma and atmosphere of its neighbour to the east. As with Argentina, we weren’t sure exactly what to expect upon our arrival but assumed that, being so close, Chile would be similar. It isn’t. Geographically, it’s is a very unusual looking country. Shoe horned in between The Andes on one side ... read more

Don´t worry, I wasn´t going to let week four go by without writing! Last week was the end of our second week of classes. Last Thursday, Emily and I got invited to the birthday party of Atala (she is our brother´s adorable girlfriend). We ended up going, but at first we were the awkward ¨gringas¨ because we didn´t know anybody. But then, Cristóbal introduced us to some of his friends he went to college with, and we ended up talking with them for two hours about everything. We even talked about politics (it´s amazing how much Chileans know about American politics, yet we know absolutely nothing about theirs). Also at the party, I had my first shot of tequila. haha. It was great fun. Actually, Emily said I took it like a pro. haha. I didn´t ... read more

¡hola a todos! I am finally getting used to life here in Santiago. I am SO glad to finally be into classes and such. Both classes are really great and not too difficult. Usually, after class each day, I try to do something in the city other than just homework. Last week I went to a really cool museum, ¨El Museo Nacional Histórico¨ It was really well done and learned all about Chilean history. The coolest thing in the museum, in my opinion, were the glasses of Allende (Chile´s president in the early 70´s who apparently killed himself before Pinochet threw a military coup) The glasses were broken and were sitting in an empty white showcase all by themselves. To think that those were what Allende was wearing the day he die, it was very powerful. ... read more