por fin!

no tengo mucho tiempo, pero...
ay, as i said, it will be hard to keep this blog en ingles. sigo el ejemplo de gloria anzaldua and use both languages, how´s that?
santiago is beautiful, though they weren´t kidding about the smog. it rained a bit today when i went out walking in the barrio brasil, where i´m staying at the hostelling international: it clears out the air a bit. the weather reminds me of a midwest autumn, not too cold. i am warm enough in a sweater and shawl.
i hope i have more time later to tell you how wonderful the santiaguinos are, and how i surprise myself with my linguistic abilities, and how hungry i am, and how very confused i am getting about the chilean pesos, and how i wish you could all see this beautiful city with me.
tomorrow, i meet the family i´ll be living with during the intensive language program, as well as the other uc students on the program. i hope i like them and they like me. a little home-made strawberry jam should do the trick.
i am sorry i am not back in los estados unidos, argumentando sobre nader y el partido verde, and against the farce of the ´handover´ of power en irak, but for now i have to be content to enjoy where i´m at. it´s rough, i tell ya.
hasta luego, dinner calls.