Not from first weekend- this is a view of the Andes from the airplane window as I arrived.On Friday, the entire group went to the Museo Nacional de Historía Natural. Afterwards, we had lunch with some Chilean students.
Main chamber of Museo Nacional de Historía Natural
View from my bedroom window of Av. Once de Septiembre at rush hour on Friday.On Saturday, I went to the Plaza de Armas with some friends. The Plaza is an open square with lots of palm trees. There were several street vendors there selling jewelry, paintings, etc. We saw a street performer who blew a balloon on his head. It was very warm and sunny in the Plaza (why is it that the apartment is cold but the street outside is hot?), so we decided fairly quickly to go inside to of the cathedral. The outside of the cathedral was not particularly inspiring, but inside there were beautiful statues of saints and very ornate architecture. After visiting the cathedral, we wandered around the nearby streets, and saw lots of random shops, such as one selling leather shoes for $10 a pair. Of course, there was no telling how long they would last, but it´s been years since I´ve seen a price like that on shoes that didn´t come from Old Navy. There were also several shops selling Halloween costumes.
The Plaza de Armas
Interior of cathedralOn Sunday, I decided to go to the Parque Metropolitano, but stopped at the Parque Uruguay instead. As I mentioned in my "more observations" entry, Parque Uruguay is both ridiculously long and ridiculously narrow. It is probably 50 feet wide at the widest point, and is quite a few blocks in length. I enjoyed walking in a green area after walking through the city, but with cars driving by 20 feet away it was not terribly relaxing. In the parque I saw a row of monkey puzzle trees, the first monkey puzzle trees I have seen while in Chile (the trees ares native to Chile, but until Sunday I had only seen them in Scotland).
Parque Uruguay
Rio Mapocho, the dirtiest river I have ever seen.
Monkey Puzzle Trees
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Finally pictures! Jeepers, you look like you're living in the center of everything. How noisy is it at night anyway? By the way, I got your dwarf hamster. It's not the same color as mine, but is is the same species: Phodopus cambelli. I think I've found an advisor for marine biology! Yeah! I've got a lot to tell you when you get back, or of course I could tell you via g-messenger. Andrew says hi. How are the other Stanford students there? Did you make any friends? Are the other kids playing nice? Tell me about the food. You need to get pictures of food.
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