Hey ya'lls,
Have a few minutes, so I thought I'd throw a non traditional post atcha.
Things I've deduced whilst in chile:
I eat a lot more than the average chilean, I'm basing this on hieght and size, and not american life style.
Bakeries are awesome and delicious.
It is not always warm and sunny in South American
Not all south american food is spicy, some of it is not very spicy at all.
Money in thousands is confusing.
I have lost some sort of a ability to keep track of time. Oh well.
Gotta go!
Spanish saying of last week: No Se. No entiendo. Estoy Consando.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Pictures?
Here is the link for my current picture album. I think it'll work.
http://picasaweb.google.com/BaCasey/ChileThusFar?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3d1ZCMnp30Jg&feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/BaCasey/ChileThusFar?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3d1ZCMnp30Jg&feat=directlink
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Viviendo!
Ok, so I'm pretty bad at keeping this up to date, but I'm going to try to get this to be once a week. Uniweekly? Semi biweekly? twice a fortnight? Something like that. Every Wednesday is the plan. I know, I know, its thursday.
Past adventures: Went to Pucon! Pucon is a small town a ten to twelve hour drive by bus south of Vina. Its a volcanic town, right next to a partially active volcano. For a steep price, that I paid, you and group of people get a guide and a bunch of gear and a chance to hike up the volcano. I say chance because we couldn't make it the whole way up. We were about half way there, trudging up through ash and rocks when the mountain started shaking like crazy, spewing lava all over the place! And then- aliens.
Ok, entirely made up. But we did have to turn around while climbing the volcano because of bad weather. It was really windy. Like very. We had to take tiny steps to maintain balance. Too much time on one foot meant falling over. Or something close to that. It was fun. I have some pictures, but I need to figure out a way to get them on both picasa and facebook at the same time instead of having to create captions for both. (Plea for Matt's help. If you read this) Some great views though. Unfortunately we still had to pay full price for the trek even though we didn't make it all the way up the mountain. Live and learn.
Next! Went to a bunch of waterfalls and hot springs. Some really cool places, tough to capture on camera, but I have pictures all the same. Also, white water rafting! Yes mom, they have helmets and lifevests down here. And electricty. Haha, it was really fun though, a bit more intense than maine in that it was less rapidy and more waterfally. Pretty intense. I did not fall out of said boat, of course.
And now, I am in Vina for the week, making up for the past over budget week with an underbudget one. Plans for the weekend: Fiesta with my family and gringo friends, fire on a spot overlooking the city and ocean. Sunset on dunes by the ocean? Salsa dancing? Ok, I'm not going to write about things until they happen.
Learnin spanish quite a bit. Observe: Estoy aprender espanol. Impressive, I know. But really, I have learned a good deal, and can actually talk pretty well right now, though understanding what chileans are saying is another story. But hey, one step at a time.
Ok, I think the sun just came out, so I'm going to the beach. Chao!
-Brian
Favorite spanish phrase of the week: "Puedo dormir cuando soy muerto."
Past adventures: Went to Pucon! Pucon is a small town a ten to twelve hour drive by bus south of Vina. Its a volcanic town, right next to a partially active volcano. For a steep price, that I paid, you and group of people get a guide and a bunch of gear and a chance to hike up the volcano. I say chance because we couldn't make it the whole way up. We were about half way there, trudging up through ash and rocks when the mountain started shaking like crazy, spewing lava all over the place! And then- aliens.
Ok, entirely made up. But we did have to turn around while climbing the volcano because of bad weather. It was really windy. Like very. We had to take tiny steps to maintain balance. Too much time on one foot meant falling over. Or something close to that. It was fun. I have some pictures, but I need to figure out a way to get them on both picasa and facebook at the same time instead of having to create captions for both. (Plea for Matt's help. If you read this) Some great views though. Unfortunately we still had to pay full price for the trek even though we didn't make it all the way up the mountain. Live and learn.
Next! Went to a bunch of waterfalls and hot springs. Some really cool places, tough to capture on camera, but I have pictures all the same. Also, white water rafting! Yes mom, they have helmets and lifevests down here. And electricty. Haha, it was really fun though, a bit more intense than maine in that it was less rapidy and more waterfally. Pretty intense. I did not fall out of said boat, of course.
And now, I am in Vina for the week, making up for the past over budget week with an underbudget one. Plans for the weekend: Fiesta with my family and gringo friends, fire on a spot overlooking the city and ocean. Sunset on dunes by the ocean? Salsa dancing? Ok, I'm not going to write about things until they happen.
Learnin spanish quite a bit. Observe: Estoy aprender espanol. Impressive, I know. But really, I have learned a good deal, and can actually talk pretty well right now, though understanding what chileans are saying is another story. But hey, one step at a time.
Ok, I think the sun just came out, so I'm going to the beach. Chao!
-Brian
Favorite spanish phrase of the week: "Puedo dormir cuando soy muerto."
Monday, March 2, 2009
Vivo en Vina
I have made it to my house in Vina del Mar, to the Pazo family. They are very nice, and very patient with my lack of Spanish speaking. They affirm that in two weeks time, I will be speaking spanish with ease. Or relative ease.
They are currently remodling the house, as it was "very old and ugly" before. They have designed and done the remolding themselves, as my Papa chileno and my brother chileno are both architects.
I live a ten minute walk from the university, something like fifteen minutes from downtown. I've never lived in a city before, it will be an interesting experiance. I'm going to go for a run tomorrow morning along the beach. And I'll take and put up some pictures.
I have been here in the house for one day, and I have learned so much spanish, it is unbelievable. Gonna go to sleep. Chao.
-Bc
They are currently remodling the house, as it was "very old and ugly" before. They have designed and done the remolding themselves, as my Papa chileno and my brother chileno are both architects.
I live a ten minute walk from the university, something like fifteen minutes from downtown. I've never lived in a city before, it will be an interesting experiance. I'm going to go for a run tomorrow morning along the beach. And I'll take and put up some pictures.
I have been here in the house for one day, and I have learned so much spanish, it is unbelievable. Gonna go to sleep. Chao.
-Bc
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