Santiago for Foreigners

Hello, in this oportunity I'm going to talk about place that you can visit and things to do in Santiago of Chile

Santiago is the capital of Chile, which is in South America. It’s a place very similar to others cities around the world. It has museums, amusement park, church and zoo; in addition it has some typical places to visit, even if they continue the “European style”, Chilean people have mixed this style with they own style.

Some places to visit are:

Mercado Central; it is located in the center of the city. You can get there by the subway, and then you have to step off in Cal y Canto station. There you can try a lot of typical Chilean food, like cazuela, empanadas, pastel de choclo (corn cake) and seafish.
Plaza de Armas and surroundings. This place dates from the colony period, when Spanish tried to conquest this territory. Around it, there are a lot of important buildings, like Center Post Office, the principal church of the city, the pre-Columbian museum, and others. It is an important place because the Chilean people develop their civic life there, as in the first time of the nation.

These places are much closed so you can go for a walk in Plaza de Armas and then you should go to eat something in Mercado Central.

The Cerro Santa Lucia it’s a beautiful place to visit, it was a strategic place when Spanish were fighting with the natives. Then in the republic period until today, the hill has been intervene by architect and landscape designer, who build a kind of “little city” on the hill. Today it is very important because it’s the long of the city in order to help to clean the its air.

Parks and traditional neighborhood are very nice to visit. Around these places there are restaurant, cafes, bookstore, and handmade fair. Some examples are: Barrio Lastarria, Parque Forestal, which are near of Santa Lucia hill, or Barrio Concha y Toro and Barrio Yungay, which are near to Plaza de Armas.

Furthermore you can do something very very typically of Chilean people: travel by Transantiago. In it, you can know how Chilean people travel everyday and you can see the real face of this city. Probably you will see some “ugly” things.

After all... I hope that you have a greatt time in this city. Enjoy it =)!!

Good Bye!

pd: for more information visit this websites http: //www.municipalidaddesantiago.cl/turismo/datos.php,

http://www.chilesites.com/turismo_chile.php?reg=13, http://www.mercadocentral.cl/inicio.htm , http://www.barriolastarria.com/ Good Luck!

Addictions

Hello!

The topic for this season is Addictions! And I don't know what to say 'cause I think that I don't have one...or maybe yes... and...I haven't noted it yet >.>!

Anyway... I have to write something...

I like to drink coke and it could become in an addiction if I had enough money to buy it every day. But I don't have enough money... and if I had it I won't spend on it, 'cause there are a lot of other things that I could get with the same money. Actually, when I was in the high school I smoked ('cause my friends do too) but I gave up by the same reason.

If I drink it a lot I would get yellow tooth and a high level of caffeine in my blood, which would be very dangerous for my health: it makes me vulnerable to some nervous disorder, like insomnia or anxiety.

In my opinion a person who suffers any addictions didn’t received enough love during his/her live and probably she/he is looking for it in materials things. Cigarette and alcohol (for example wine, beer, whisky, etc.) are two things that people usually use to “feel better” when they had any problem or when the feel nervous. In my case I take a deep breath.

Although I could have enough money to buy every day coke, I wouldn’t become in an addicted, since after a while I would get bored of it. Through my life I’ve been changing my favorite things: when I was a child I loved superocho (it is a chocolate bar) and chocman (a delicious mini cake to cover of chocolate) and I almost was an addicted… but then… I get bored of them.

I like much eat chocolates, candies, cakes, cookies, pizza, hot dog, spaghettis, and other things, I mean... I love eat, but I think that I’ll never be an addicted of one of this food.

I hope that if someone nears to me had any addiction, I could help his/her, but if his/her problem is too complicated, maybe a specialist will be more indicate.

Probably I won’t stop drinking coke, but I’m sure that I can control it.

Good Bye!