I am alive and well
Ok, this blog is for my time spend in Chile. A lot of it will be for the Students that I am working with at Willard elementary school. The teachers of the students can use their discression as to what they show the students or not...in all honesty, I may just use exerts from this blog and send it to the students and teachers in an email.
Anyway, I'll also be posting my journal entries and anything else I feel might be worth it here.
Here is a bit that I wrote before I knew I could get wireless internet access in the patio of the hostel.
"Well, I got to Santiago well enough. Lots of traveling and going through Mexico City. I have been surprised by the amount of Spanish that I am able to figure out and remember. I also purchased an English to Spanish dictionary at the airport in Mexico City to help me out. I got into Santiago and made it though customs, still had to pay the stupid $100 to get in. I then called Charlyn and after figuring that I had to dial 09 (reading for the win, although it was Spanish reading) I finally got in touch with her, although I wasn’t able to talk that long due to the price and the fact that I didn’t have enough coins. I need to find out the exact exchange rate down here. The phone calls cost 200pesos or 70seconds and the Hostel that I’m at, at Ciefuegos 151 is costing me 13000 for 2 nights.
The hostel is a nice place. I met a room mate of mine named Charlie, and old guy that has something like 4 foster children through PLAN. And he has been traveling sense October visiting them throughout south America. I think the charger is working here. At least I hope that it is, and isn’t going to blow my battery up.
I’m really looking forward to this trip. It was a little sketchy until I got to the hostel. I don’t know who thought these things up, but they are awesome. I really, really appreciate them in every one that I have been to.
Anyway, I’m of to the patio to strategize about what my next moves will be!"
My next move was to fall asleep for 6 hours, get up and wander around the city for a couple of hours. It's a neat place. I'm not feeling much of a culture shock right now, mostly due to the fact that I'm in a big city and i'm use to living in Chicago. I can blend in pretty well around here and if I don't want to interact with people, it's not a problem. I think that once I get up and start working in the small cities I will start to feel a little different.
Tomorrow I plan on taking off and exploring the city for a while and see what there is to see. I'm happy that I brought my computer now, the lockers that are here seem pretty sturdy, and I'm not very concerned about leaving my stuff around if I need to. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get some pictures and post them.
Well, the internet connection went down, so there isn't much I can do, except copy and paste what I have written into a word document and hope that I can get another connection.
Anyway, I'll also be posting my journal entries and anything else I feel might be worth it here.
Here is a bit that I wrote before I knew I could get wireless internet access in the patio of the hostel.
"Well, I got to Santiago well enough. Lots of traveling and going through Mexico City. I have been surprised by the amount of Spanish that I am able to figure out and remember. I also purchased an English to Spanish dictionary at the airport in Mexico City to help me out. I got into Santiago and made it though customs, still had to pay the stupid $100 to get in. I then called Charlyn and after figuring that I had to dial 09 (reading for the win, although it was Spanish reading) I finally got in touch with her, although I wasn’t able to talk that long due to the price and the fact that I didn’t have enough coins. I need to find out the exact exchange rate down here. The phone calls cost 200pesos or 70seconds and the Hostel that I’m at, at Ciefuegos 151 is costing me 13000 for 2 nights.
The hostel is a nice place. I met a room mate of mine named Charlie, and old guy that has something like 4 foster children through PLAN. And he has been traveling sense October visiting them throughout south America. I think the charger is working here. At least I hope that it is, and isn’t going to blow my battery up.
I’m really looking forward to this trip. It was a little sketchy until I got to the hostel. I don’t know who thought these things up, but they are awesome. I really, really appreciate them in every one that I have been to.
Anyway, I’m of to the patio to strategize about what my next moves will be!"
My next move was to fall asleep for 6 hours, get up and wander around the city for a couple of hours. It's a neat place. I'm not feeling much of a culture shock right now, mostly due to the fact that I'm in a big city and i'm use to living in Chicago. I can blend in pretty well around here and if I don't want to interact with people, it's not a problem. I think that once I get up and start working in the small cities I will start to feel a little different.
Tomorrow I plan on taking off and exploring the city for a while and see what there is to see. I'm happy that I brought my computer now, the lockers that are here seem pretty sturdy, and I'm not very concerned about leaving my stuff around if I need to. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get some pictures and post them.
Well, the internet connection went down, so there isn't much I can do, except copy and paste what I have written into a word document and hope that I can get another connection.
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Fondly.... Peggy