Sorry it's been so long since my last entry. There's not that much to update you all on...no more volcanos yet. I've been getting into a routine here in Santiago, just going to class and exploring the city. Tomorrow morning I start clinical observations, when I'll have more to talk about.
For those concerned about the state of my social life, do not fret! Friday night I went out to a Discotec with some friends. But I really can't keep up with these Chileans...as I was leaving at 3:30 am, probably the latest I've ever been out in my life, a bunch of people were JUST getting there.
Today I went to the museum of Chilean history. It was really incredible, and cleverly organized. It was chronological as you went through the different rooms, so you literally walked along the decades and centuries from pre-Colombian native history to colonialism to independence, etc. One of the most moving exhibits was also the simplest. The coverage of the Pinochet coup involved a display of half of Allende's glasses, burnt and cracked from when he shot himself as Pincochet bombed his presidential palace. This display is followed by various front-covers of papers from Chile to Spain to England, detailing what occurred on Sept. 11, 1973. It was so simple, but I must have spent at least 20 minutes staring at and trying to comprehend the gravity of it.
Anyway, that's all for today. How're ya'll doing back in Michigan?
Chilenismo of the day: ¿Cachai? = "You understand me?" Usually my answer is "no."
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