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Fri 5 January 2007
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El Puerto del Mundo
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So... I am now in Valparaíso, Chile! Summer time in South America is incredible... at least here: ocean breeze, high 70s during the day, 50s at night... and the most incredible views from the hills of the city. Valparaíso reminds me of Guanajuato... bigger, a bit more industrial and next to the ocean with beaches and a huge international port. Yesterday was the first day of classes and then we went for a tour of the city... up an ascensor that had a floor through which we could see the ground as we went up the hill... in a boat around the docks; no fotos allowed of the military ships, there were tons; there was a dead sea lion on one of the fishing boats in the port... they said that there are many around in these waters... we saw another, alive, on the rutter of an enormous oceanliner that came all the way from Germany! There was also a gigantic cruise ship docked in the port... I never realized just how big those ships are... and the life boats were bigger than the boat that the 13 of us were touring in. My family is nice... on the round side and I think they are trying to make me the same way with the amount of food that they give me for each meal. There are four people in the house: my señora, her son, another tenant who is staying in the house and me. My host brother, Gabriel, prepares all of the food and the first meal that we had after I arrived was a quiche... about a foot in diameter and all of us got a quarter of it plopped on our plates... plus a salad of tomatoes and avocados, french fries, and then fruit. There is a common charactaristic among all of these study abroad experiences... I can never eat enough to please the family with which I live. But I have grown accostomed to being borderline snappy and mean when I have to tell them that I am full. At least this time my classes are from 11:30 until 4:00 (lunch is at 2:30/3:00) and so I carry my lunch with me to school... this way I can eat as much or as little as I want without them knowing. This city is alot harder to navigate on foot... and the traffic is the most insane that I have experienced yet... and I still haven´t spent time in Santiago, the capital city! There is a city that touches Valpo, Viña del Mar, and it is almost exactly like Valpo but richer and newer. One of the girls in my group told me that someone gave her a tour book and apparantly it was a little outdated... she said the description of Viña was: The place where all jet-setters go... the ideal city in South America to see and be seen! Haha... what luck! Ok, going to class... but first a cup of coffee... I am having a harder time adjusting to the three hours ahead time change than I did with the time difference in Spain! Thank goodnes for the SIESTA! Hasta la proxima! xoxcr |
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