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Published: February 26th 2011
We have arrived in Santiago safe and sound. I suppose due to the size of the city and the number of people who depend on a more public form of transit, taking the bus from Valparaiso to Santiago was fairly painless. We did not phone ahead to find out when the bus left but were told that buses go very regularly so we just "showed up". After purchasing our tickets, we were loaded and left the bus depot within ten minutes. The buses are very comfortable and have seatbelts. This is quite ironic as there do not appear to be any seatbelt laws and almost every taxi we took while in Valparaiso had no working seatbelts. We Canadians wore ours.
Our new accomadations are small but clean and safe. We are in a lovely area that is within walking distance to parks, restaurants, and a supermarket. We already found a wonderful little restaurant where the elderly waiter speaks slow Spanish and wants to visit. We will return there before the week's out.
We have been keeping a note of some of the things we see that are different from home. Today, while picking up fruit, yogurt and chocolate (the essentials) at the nearby supermarket, we noticed that eggs, like in Canada, are sold in cartons but are on the shelf and are not refrigerated. So do eggs really need to be kept cold? Harold wanted to buy cinnamon for his oatmeal, and it appears to only come in large chunks that you have to grind yourself. Or perhaps they did not understand what we wanted. He went with the flow especially after the clerk weighed it and put a price on it for him. All part of learning a new language and culture.
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Maria
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The egg refrigeration debate
I'm supposed to be writing a paper, but instead I thought I would do a bit of research on the egg refrigeration issue. I have wondered about this too. In many countries in the Middle East and Africa they don't refrigerate eggs and find it a bit bizarre that Canadians keep their eggs refrigerated. Is this just a symptom of our overly safety conscious culture or is there are real concern? It seems that there is both a practical and a safety component. Eggs last longer when they are refrigerated and there is less risk of salmonella. http://www.bccdc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/9CB9B489-30EF-4D8B-8AF9-E4AE28DC7613/0/Egg_Safety.pdf Eggceptionally (I couldn't resist) though, I have eaten unrefrigerated eggs and I never had any concerns. Enjoying the blog. Cheers. Maria