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South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Vitacura August 30th 2018

If you look up culture shock, it supposedly goes in four stages. Honeymoon, frustration, adjustment and finally, acceptance. I was not sure how long it would take to get to frustration, but I can certainly say that we got there today. Perhaps frustration is not the word, or perhaps frustration and overwhelmed are the two words, that I am looking for and feeling right now. We got our house yesterday, which was supposed to be in move-in ready condition. One of the things that I suppose was overlooked was that there was no gas in the tank to heat the house/water (yes, it is heated by a tank). So not necessarily move-in condition, and something I suppose we should have asked more about...not that we did not know that that was the heating situation, but you ... read more

Chile day one (or as they say here, “día uno”)

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Vitacura August 24th 2018

Day 1 - Parque Bicentenario

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I have to be honest...grocery shopping for me, at the best of times in Canada, is very challenging. Coming at the end of our first day in Chile, running on about 3 hours of sleep, having just arrived that morning after a two-leg, 20 hour airplane journey with our two sleep deprived daughters, the odds were against a trip to Jumbo to pick up supplies going well. Things were off to a rough start too when we stopped in the produce section, and find out that you actually have to line up behind a bunch of other grumpy supermarket goers to get each bunch of fruit or vegetables you’ve just picked weighed and priced by a single worker before you actually could pay...I figured there was no hope. I’m sure Steph also saw the forlorn look ... read more

Santiago

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Vitacura November 23rd 2013

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Today's highlight was lunch at Mestizo's. This restaurant is located at the beginning, or maybe the end, of the Parque Bicentenario which is a recently built park that borders one section of the city, with the hills behind it. It was built for the bicentennial celebration and is a very nice park, which promises to be fabulous once all the young trees grow. It is several miles long, with one of the boulevards running along it, and residential buildings facing it. I've told you that all the buildings here have balconies, and lots of glass. How can they not? All it takes is looking outside to have beautiful mother nature in front of your eyes. How could not everyone be atuned to outdoors here? This time there was no snow on the mountain tops. Laine told ... read more

53, 54 diena Ne pagal planą

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Vitacura January 25th 2013

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Sumeris

Iš hostelio išsiregistruoti reikia 11 ryto, bet daigtus galima palikti iki 4 valandos, tad atsikėlęs susidedu visus daigtus ir juos palikęs hostelyje išeini pasivaikščiot po miestą. Laukiu iš CSerio žinutės su jo adresu, kad galėčiau pas jį apsistoti. Taigi pavaikštau po miestą ir apie 4 val. grįžtu į hostelį pasiimti daigtų. Pasiėmu kuprines ir iškeliauju į miestą, žinutės lauksiu ten. Randu internetą prakybos centre ir po geros valandos gaunu žinutę, kad jis manęs negali priimti dėl šeimyninių problemų. Tai tikrai labai apmaudu, bet nieko nepakeisi... ieškau kito hostelio kuriam galėčiau apsistoti. Randu kitą hostelį ir keliauju iki ten, šis šiektiek brangesnis nei pirmasis, bet atrodo kompanija čia linksmesnė susirinkus. Sėdu prie interneto ir bandau dėliotis toliau savo kelionę, ieškoti varinatų kur apsistoti likusias dienas, o gal važiuoti į kitą miestą, bet čia noriu sulaukti Dakar... read more

Brief history of Chile

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind...more history

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