Bienvenido a Santiago

Well after a little over a week of trying to figure out Santiago I have finally decided that I should share my adventures with everyone. I told myself once I have a job then I will start a blog. Now I have two jobs and can no longer delay the inevitable. So here we go!

Some notes on Santiago:
-Everyone wears fanny-packs.
-Teenagers have mullets. Greasy, nasty, mullets. On occasion they have what may be deemed the "Miami Vice Rasta."
-The metro (subway) is the cleanest and easiest to navigate subways I have ever been on. (So it is better than Boston and NYC)
-Chileans love ice cream. People sell ice cream on every corner.
-Chileans also love Mote Con Huesillos. Which at first looks like eggs floating in rice and alcohol but is really peaches floating in sugar and wheat. Apparently delicious but the word is still out on that one.
-Everyone we have met has been incredibly friendly and helpful. It is a strange concept to see people walking down a busy city street and smiling let alone helping each other.
-Finally, Chileans have reputably the worst Spanish in the world. They slur every sentence into one big word and cut out any hard consonants and 's'. Therefore it is very hard to understand anything they say.

So far Santiago has been a blast. It is a lot of fun to walk around the city, there are beautiful parks pretty much every 7 blocks. Bree and I both just got a job working at a small English tutoring center which starts in mid-March. We also are going to be working for a corporation called I Love Chile. They have an all English radio station which I am trying to get a show on (stay tuned for updates on that), an all English newspaper and they are working on a TV station. We are going to be selling advertising slots part time for them. This may or may not prove to be a successful endeavor but we are willing to try something new!

As for the radio show when I know more about it I will let you all know when it is because you can listen and watch online!