Wednesday, November 12, 2003
How did it come to this?
the last day for some of my classes is next week. before thanksgiving, instead of the third week in january. whether or not I´ll have to take exams is unclear; for two of my classes it depends on semester grades (i say we adopt that system). but the study part of study abroad is practically (2 papers, 2-4 tests) over.
which, everytime I think hard about it, makes discoveries like todays so unexcusably belated. first, I found out where all the boutiques in downtown Santiago were hiding. on directions from Kelly, I found the Mall Dos Caracoles, near Ricardo Lyon and Providencia (for future reference, anyone). Store upon store upon store, in two parallel never ending upward spirals. It was terrifying ,firstly for selection (the kind of place where, ultimiately, you end up getting nothing) and secondly because I just spent way too much of my Buenos Aires time on the shopping streets, thinking nothing like that existed here (well, in B.A. it was cheaper, at least). and finally, because I just put myself on an absurdly strict budget.
The second discovery was how nice the river area can be. I walked from that nightmare of a place towards the centro, looking for the "cafe literario" building of the Providencia Library, and a book I needed for Lit class. though it wasn`t "right" next to the Salvador station as the librarian claimed, it was nestled in the pretty gardens of Parque Balmaceda. If only I lived closer....if only "Spring" here wasn`t 80 degree humid weather (better, of course than the recent "spring" in Boston, but not conducive to outdoor reading. unless I buy some summer clothes in that mall. blast)
the last day for some of my classes is next week. before thanksgiving, instead of the third week in january. whether or not I´ll have to take exams is unclear; for two of my classes it depends on semester grades (i say we adopt that system). but the study part of study abroad is practically (2 papers, 2-4 tests) over.
which, everytime I think hard about it, makes discoveries like todays so unexcusably belated. first, I found out where all the boutiques in downtown Santiago were hiding. on directions from Kelly, I found the Mall Dos Caracoles, near Ricardo Lyon and Providencia (for future reference, anyone). Store upon store upon store, in two parallel never ending upward spirals. It was terrifying ,firstly for selection (the kind of place where, ultimiately, you end up getting nothing) and secondly because I just spent way too much of my Buenos Aires time on the shopping streets, thinking nothing like that existed here (well, in B.A. it was cheaper, at least). and finally, because I just put myself on an absurdly strict budget.
The second discovery was how nice the river area can be. I walked from that nightmare of a place towards the centro, looking for the "cafe literario" building of the Providencia Library, and a book I needed for Lit class. though it wasn`t "right" next to the Salvador station as the librarian claimed, it was nestled in the pretty gardens of Parque Balmaceda. If only I lived closer....if only "Spring" here wasn`t 80 degree humid weather (better, of course than the recent "spring" in Boston, but not conducive to outdoor reading. unless I buy some summer clothes in that mall. blast)
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