Wuz gud thugs?

This blog is for anyone who is interested in some South American adventure, but is mostly just so that I can remember stuff.

I'm starting this blog 2 weeks into my trip, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

I'm in the city of Santiago, Chile. I'm not sure Chileans really understand cold, because I was told it would be freezing down here. It's not. It's fall and it's very nice. Santiago is an interesting city. It is located within a bowl. The Andes surround the city which is cool because thyey provide a majestic, snow capped background. When you can see them that is. The bad thing about being surrounded by mountains is that the 7 million inhabitants of the city with their 7 million cars spit out a lot of pollution which then has nowhere to go. This leads to a perpetual smog layer which I'm told is worse in the winter (It's winter in Chile right now, Chilean winter lasts from June to August, the opposite of us). Anyway, it has only rained once, but that was enough to clear up the smog for a while. The city is very beautiful with a good mix of modern and old architecture. Because it is fall the city is particularly impressive due to all the orange and red leaves of the deciduous trees. I should probably utilize paragraphs as I write. Here I go!

I'm doing a public health/medical internship down here. I have 2 classes. This blog is boring to write. I think my problem is that I don't like looking back, I want to keep busting forwards. Anyway I need to write everything down so that I don't forget. The first day I had a 9 hour over night flight from Atlanta to Santiago. Fun!!! Got to my host house which is a small apartment with me, my host mom, her daughter, and a poodle. That day I just rested. I helped walk the dog and we passed my the mayor of Providencia (my neighboorhoods) office/mansion. Turned out that it was the only day of the year that it was open so I walked inside and looked around. It was swanky. The next day I went to the IES center where I have one of my classes and I got to know the other 42 students on the trip. I don't like typing. First blog post done