I started this journey 24 hours ago from Margate, NJ and have now almost reached my final destination in Providencia, Chile. For only being on a plane for a little over 10 hours, this was a very long trip. However thankfully I am in one piece with all of my original luggage on dry, cold yet dry land in Santiago. I must thank the parents for putting up with me this morning in my dazed and confused state. I started the journey out at the wrong airline and then they paid for and repacked my extremely overweight luggage.
It is interesting how very different everyone looks in Chile, yet they all will open their mouths and speak perfect, fluent Spanish. I hope to be one of those people soon...where people expect only to hear English or broken Spanish, but instead they hear grammatically and perfectly-pronounced Spanish. That will be awhile. Instead they get to listen to me read off the menu and recite the words that I had to formulate and practice in my head for 5 minutes. This is why my first meal just consists of a coffee, eggs, and bread. Es muy deliciouso pero es muy simple. I must be braver at just speaking up!
Now I am going to wait for Christina and watch some of the Wire before my computer battery dies. Must get a plug converter...
As I sit here & listen to the weatherman lose their &%#t over the 100 degree temperatures...just heard that some remote parts of Chile got 8 ft. of snow....hope that's nowhere near you. Buena suerte mi amigia.
ReplyDeleteHaha no, not by me. It is chilly but pretty refreshing and a nice change from the heat and humidity. I will probably regret saying all of that in a few days!
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