We are not a blaggers

So since our internet here in Chile is horrible to say the least, Bitt and I are going to try to keep a blog detailing whats going on. So far its been mostly getting setup, finding jobs and waiting to get paid so we haven't gotten to do any really exciting things yet. We have gone out with friends to a few bars, saw a show, tried to go hiking and explored the city.

Our apartment is on the 19th floor of a building that survived the big earthquake last year. You can still see the cracks in the ceiling and walls, but they told us that the foundation was strong and that those were only superficial damages...

The building is over a pretty quiet street, with the exception of the fruit vendor that hangs out on the corner yelling "FFFFRRRUUUUOOOOIIIIIITTTT" early in the mornings.

Lollapolloza (music festival) played the other weekend and even though it was a few miles away, our apartment was lined up just right that we could listen to kanye west from our balcony.


We tried to go hiking last weekend and when I say tried I mean that we really did try. We took a bus from Santiago to a nature preserve near the town of Pirque which ended up taking an hour longer then we expected. When we finally got there we were told that the hiking trail was only 4 kilometers(2.5 miles ish) or so up the road and since we didn't have a car we started walking.

And waking and walking, we ended up stopping after an hour of speed walking because after 15 turns of" it should be right up here" we decided that there was no trail and that the forest ranger was just messing with the Americans. We did get to see a little bit of the Andes and even though the trail was mostly a desert type environment we came across a river.

Well we didn't really come across it, we had to go off trail and go though a hole in the barb wired fence.


So we will try to keep this updated and add lots of pictures but we are probably the worst people to do this. We are going to be going to Argentina pretty soon, not for a vacation, but for me to leave the country. I have to leave every three months to get my visa renewed since I am going to stay on a tourist visa but Britt got her work visa through work.