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...
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...
