7) Around the Plaza de Armas, there are a lot of little shops selling cheap purses and jewelry. Along one side of the plaza, there is actually an entire row of shops selling cheap purses.
8) The packages of cigarettes have an incredibly depressing photo of a man with a tracheotomy on them. And yet, more people smoke here than in the states.
9) The Rio Mapocho is probably the dirtiest river I have ever seen (and hopefully ever will see) in my life.
10) There are Castaños every few blocks, rather like Starbucks in the USA. (Castaño is a bakery chain.) In fact, there is one across the street from my apartment, and another about two blocks down the street.
11) The Parque Uruguay, which is along the river near where I live in Santiago, is shaped remarkably like Chile. For a park it is extremely long, and extremely narrow.
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