Monday, June 30th, 2008

There was not much going on today and we spent time at the new centro lector.  There is a big conference coming up for them this week and they are getting ready for that.

El Momento Cebollento Del Día (The Cheesy Moment Of The Day)
On the bus today I had the great fortune of hearing, “I wanna know what love is” by Foreigner as someone’s ringtone… that’s sweet and cheesy! 

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Friday, June 27th, 2008

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So today in Chiloé (the island, in the town of Castro… like Fidel) I got wet while walking around.  A very hilly place so got a nice workout.  The main attraction I would say was that there are a bunch of churches built completely out of wood.  There are also a lot of salmon farms and they have very good sea food here… sea bass, congrio… like an eel, locos, which are a type of oyster/clam (mariscos) that is very beefy.

Stayed in a nice hotel that has the only elevator on the island.  Got to sleep in a king size bed and watch TV on a flat panel screen, watched part of ¨Hitch¨with Will Smith and fell asleep.  Unfortunately I was woken up by the sounds of some type of bird… check out video to hear

We stopped in a small town called Ancud to have lunch and buy some mariscos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So got back to Puerto Montt and took a bus home and went to blockbuster for a couple of movies and called it a night!

 

 El momento cebollento del día (Cheesy moment of the day!)

After walking around for a couple of weeks here with some good amount of rain, my shoes are a bit inundated and are starting to wear out their welcome… if you know what I mean!  Da BIG cheese needs a new pair of shoes!

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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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The notion of “te invito” (I invite you)

So this was a notion that I heard about awhile ago when my sister Debbie had some foreign exchange students at the U of I.  She had asked one of them to go see a movie and they asked, “are you inviting me?” she said, “yeah, sure.”  Little did she know that when you invite someone to do something, it is then your responsibility to pay for it!  I had this happen when I was in Mexico in 1994 and was out with some friends and when the waitress passed by she asked if we wanted another… I said “yes” and I looked at the friend to and asked if he was going to have one.  He asked me, “¿Me invitas? (are you inviting me)” I said, “sí, cómo no (sure, why not)”  When the waitress came back, they both looked at me to pay… perhaps some things are lost in translation.  So be careful when going out in a foreign country, you may end up flipping for the bill!

El Momento Cebollento Del Día (The Cheesy Moment Of The Day)
While watching some street performers in the street… 6 stringed instruments, young, probably 18 or 19 years old, another street performer, dressed as a clown, came up and threw in money and sat down to watch.  Guess they were that good that they stopped this clown!

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Da BIG Cheese