Today was spent similarly to yesterday (except I got a phone). We saw a bunch of great places for rent, but in every one there´s always exactly one thing wrong (it´s a really old building, far from campus, only Americans...). Right now I´m deciding among three (and there a ton to see tomorrow: One close to campus (close = 20 min, far = an hour), very cheap, the owner seems to be a really nice, laid-back guy... but the building is pretty old and the place is just so-so. There´s one that all the Frenchies have heard about, which is a house with 10 rooms that´s known throughout Europe as the place to stay in Santiago (but there´s a group of 6 french people already there, and it´s pretty far from campus), and a really nice place with a young professional type guy (and two other roommates) moderate distance to campus.
With any luck I should find a place by tomorrow evening. I´ve got some good options so I won´t be settling for anything.
It´s hard for me to write in English, and after every sentence I feel like I should punctuate it with some Chilean slang. I said about 10 words total today in English, maybe 20 in French, and that makes two days in a row that I´ve said less than two sentences in Enlglish. I went out for a bit with a group of mixed internationals, French, Brazilian, Peruvian (I was proud to be the only American) and we all spoke Spanish.
Pretty much everything is a small adventure (and sometimes not so small) around here. At times it´s somewhat shocking, but I think if I could spare a year away from UT, I´d probably stay down here.
Oh, and things to send with Gavin- Laptop Battery... I´m sure I´ll think of something else. Oh, my cell number is.... written on the box upstairs. I don´t pay for incoming calls, and I have no idea what it costs to call a cellphone in Chile from the US. I imagine it´s not cheap.
Anyways, all is well in the southern hemisphere, hope everything is great in the US!
I´ll send more emails etc when I have my new place. As for now, it´s dial-up on an old computer and a shared line (that means it´s really, really slow)
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2 comments:
Dan,
Sounds like things are going well. Don't live with the French guys, they don't wash properly and they have no spine. Can't you find a place where all the roommates are Latin ladies? If you do, I will come down.
Gary
To call your ass from Skype which is a online phone thing its .21 cents a minute you are not a cheap man ass hole unless that is a landline then its like .02 cents a minute so please clarify that. I hope your having fun
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