Arriving in a chilly Chile (yeah, I know - but it really was cold i tell thee!) at 7:30am on Tuesday morning, I was taken directly to the university I'm going to be working at and immediately proceeded to meet plenty of new faces - I was even thrust into an informal "getting to know you" session with some of the first years in which I had to explain the concept of "jet lag", something I knew just a little bit about at the time!
Due to another organisation messing up (this time the British Council), I had to stay the first few nights at an all-male Catholic residence across the road where I had a 9:30pm curfew - oh joy. Everyone was uber friendly though, and I'm now staying with one of the teachers while I look for a flat. First impressions of Santiago: sprawling, smoggy & just a bit chaotic, but with plenty of cool neighbourhoods, manic nightlife and the impressive snow-capped Andes overlooking it all.
I could probably write a whole lot more, but I don't want to send you to the land of nod quite yet. Just a little something to leave you with though: on my second and third day here, I experienced the joys of student riots (thankfully from within the confines of the English Department) - molotov cocktails were thrown, tear gas was deployed and classes were suspended, apparently just another day in the life of a santiaguino.
The reception building of the Uni
2 comments:
Spam, livin' the dream, buffets AND riots! Does it get any better? Missing you already, you horrible pig, you better have lots and lots of fun to make up for the mental anguish of all those you've left behind! Spongey xxx
I hev to say I zink zis blog is written by an amazingly intelligent young man - probably going to be annuzer Einstein, if you know vot I mean. Naturally, ze fact I am his muzzer has no bearing on zis comment.
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