by Eileen | Dec 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
The best part of the overnight bikeride to the coast is seeing the red blinkie-lights stretching into the black night start to disappear. It means you’re reaching the crest of the hill, the end of the cuesta, the up, the incline. Soon your breath will still,...
by Eileen | Dec 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hey kids, put your grammar hats on, because it’s time to talk about verb endings in Chilean Spanish (and friends beseeching male friends to not have that baby right then and there, but that comes at the end, skip ahead if you have a short attention span).Sure,...
by Eileen | Nov 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sunday. Day of relaxation, of rest, of work (what? just me?), of move it or lose it re: feria visits. My best closest fresh market is on Sundays, down in Barrio Yungay. So today is Sunday, and my feria, which I’ve just learned is called Esperanza, which means...
by Eileen | Oct 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
So, after my travel companion and I took our famous detour to the little hamlet of Pelequén, whereupon we saw the lovely onion-domed church and marveled at our inability to get off the train at the right stop, we set to the task at hand, which was actually seeing...
by Eileen | Oct 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
In which I tell the story of my first urine sample in Santiago. Just so you know what you’re getting into. So. You go to the doctor, and they want to look at you every which way and then want to take samples of various fluids to boot. I don’t know about...
