by Eileen | Apr 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are two situations I encountered upon moving to Chile, two uniquely annoying what-do-I-say-here situations that left me frustrated, exposed, and sometimes, seemingly hijacked. It may be that you’ve studied Spanish or any of a host of other languages. You...
by Eileen | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are places in the world that scream with color. Where in the middle of a pale blue sky pops a stark white cloud, against a red ridge. Where azure lakes appear over the horizon, turning milky turquoise, and rimmed with yellow and purple lupins. New Zealand is one...
by Eileen | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ever the doubting Thomas (or Eileen, as the case may be), I was sure that the “traditional” snack on my La Bicicleta Verde tour was going to be an alfajor, a sweet, soft sandwich cookie filled with manjar (dulce de leche). They’re packaged, widely...
by Eileen | Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Before I left for Easter Island, I was charged by one of my work gigs with doing some research (and writing) on the island. This was nearly a first for me. I am the person who managed to go to Milan and failed to see the Last Supper because I simply didn’t know...
by Eileen | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
For reasons too complex and probably personal, all of which have to do with someone’s precipitous and precocious death and feared short life expectancy and really, I am that person who has been to two cardiologists in the past three years only to find out that...
by Eileen | Feb 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
On the anniversary of a terrible date in recent Chilean history, the 27th of February, nearly a year is completed from the 3:34 AM earthquake in Chile that would generate a tsunami that would wash away towns, and would knock one apartment building flat on its back...
