One Week
So I´ve been in Chile for exactly one week! Actually, a little more than that, almost 8 days. Lots of fun and weird experiences squished into very little time! I would write more about things, but honestly they are moving too quickly : )
Since I´ve had a little time to observe life here, I´ve made a list of interesting things I´ve noticed
-Everyone and everything here has european sounding names that are pronounced with a chilean accent. For example, I live near Plaza O´Higgins. That´s Plah-za Oh-EEEgEEns : )
-The standard way to greet someone, or even meet someone new, is with a kiss on the cheek. Shaking hands is considered very cold.
-Chile is famous for its fish and wines, but no one here consumes them. They´re all for export.
-I´ve never seen so many stray dogs in my life. Every dog seems to have its street corner, and sometimes you´ll see the shop owners throw it a chunk of meat.
-A couple of Chilenismos, or Chilean terms: bacán=great, fome=boring.
-The verb for ´to date´is pololear, and a boyfriend is un pololo. I asked about this strange sounding word, and my host family informed me that a pololo is an insect that lives completely stuck to another pololo. Thus the verb to date: to be an insect that goes everywhere with another of its kind.
-Everyone in my program has been commenting on how obsessed with cleanliness their host moms are. Mine goes into my room while I´m gone, RE-makes my bed, and puts any stray object in a drawer : )
-One of the more popular salads here, and the one you´ll often get if you ask for ´ensalada´(salad) in a restaurant, is a plate of cold canned green beans.
...and the list could go on.
Since I´ve had a little time to observe life here, I´ve made a list of interesting things I´ve noticed
-Everyone and everything here has european sounding names that are pronounced with a chilean accent. For example, I live near Plaza O´Higgins. That´s Plah-za Oh-EEEgEEns : )
-The standard way to greet someone, or even meet someone new, is with a kiss on the cheek. Shaking hands is considered very cold.
-Chile is famous for its fish and wines, but no one here consumes them. They´re all for export.
-I´ve never seen so many stray dogs in my life. Every dog seems to have its street corner, and sometimes you´ll see the shop owners throw it a chunk of meat.
-A couple of Chilenismos, or Chilean terms: bacán=great, fome=boring.
-The verb for ´to date´is pololear, and a boyfriend is un pololo. I asked about this strange sounding word, and my host family informed me that a pololo is an insect that lives completely stuck to another pololo. Thus the verb to date: to be an insect that goes everywhere with another of its kind.
-Everyone in my program has been commenting on how obsessed with cleanliness their host moms are. Mine goes into my room while I´m gone, RE-makes my bed, and puts any stray object in a drawer : )
-One of the more popular salads here, and the one you´ll often get if you ask for ´ensalada´(salad) in a restaurant, is a plate of cold canned green beans.
...and the list could go on.
posted by Julia | 4:02 PM
3 Comments:
The big concern in this household is whether or not it is really true that, as she says in that book, only Nescafe is served everywhere, with not a drop of real coffee available. If you would please research this for us! If it is the case, then we already have plans in the works for importing some sort of coffee apparatus! Spy Girl
As far as I´ve seen, Nescafe is all you can get. Btw, I got some stamps for the letters to Cindy´s dad...does she want all the stamps to be different do you think?
P.S. Spy girl please say hello to Daughter : )
Yes, I'm sure that Cindy would like them to be different, and even mailed somewhat spaced out, if you can face it. They'll be so much more interesting and exciting for Digger if they are. PS Spy Girl and Daughter don't talk!---they don't even really get the opportunity to hiss :) But I'll pass the message on for her.
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