by Eileen | Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of the questions that gets alot of play over on a board or two that I post on is health care in Chile. About which I can say, it is generally good. There are two systems of health insurance, public and private, FONASA and ISAPRE, respectively which I believe...
by Eileen | Oct 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Something that I don’t talk about as much as you’d think I might is bicycling in Santiago. I get almost every place I need to go by bike, especially if it doesn’t matter what I’m wearing or how sweaty I arrive (thanks to friends who let me...
by Eileen | Sep 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bearshapedsphere and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, long-lasting voyage. With an invitation to group post at the end. I was in Ecuador, which means it was 1996, and I was running away from the bar exam. I’d been living in Cuenca, studying Spanish and...
by Eileen | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
I believe that it is safe to say that the 18th of September and all of the associated brouhaha (with tip of the hat to the Beastie Boys and bonus points to you if you know what song I’m talking about) is finally over. Which makes sense given that it’s the...
by Eileen | Aug 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
So the end of August means many things to you. Perhaps it’s the end of the blackberry season, time to dust off your pencils and books, looking forward to Labor day. I have been somewhat remiss in not educating you on the finer points of August here in Santiago,...
