Last post for a few days...I am leaving for the beach tomorrow RIGHT after class with the four Loyola MD girls and my Argentinian friend Christian. We are going to meet Esteban and another friend there...que divertido!
Today we went to the International Chilean Police office to apply for our Chilean I.D's. We all waited in line to pay. Dana goes first and hands the guard 5,000 pesos ($10 USD). The guard gave her 200 pesos change (about 40 cents)...Tara went next and handed the guard 10,000 pesos ($20 USD) and she received the same change.....fishy. I was next and I asked the guard how much the application was...and he pointed to a sign that said 800 pesos ($1.60 USD). He tried to keep the change of my gringa friends. Not gonna fly. The girls went back to talk to the guy and he readily gave them their correct change once they asked...I wonder how much he makes off innocent tourists every day?
I told Judith about this when she got home today...she was furious! She is going to talk to el jefe (the big boss) tomorrow. I told my mom on them real good!
Afterwords we went out for a little lunch and took a gondola up to San Cristobol. It was beautiful. The smog makes the view of the Andes a little depressing but they had a beautiful church on top of the mountain and a HUGE statue of Mary. You could see all of Santiago...it's a really big city. 1/3 of the population of Chile lives there...crazy. Hopefully I can post some more pictures in the next couple days.
I went back and did some homework...I have a long day of classes tomorrow and a field trip before our journey to the beach! It's gonna be a cramped car with the four Loyolans, Christian, y yo. I'm gonna get to sleep and pack my things for tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who is following my adventures it gives my journal an added purpose!
P.D...the little mountains in the picture are NOT the Andes...I'll get you some good pictures of those beautiful mountains soon
P.D.D...in Spanish they say P.D instead of P.S
hasta domingo!
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