One of the things I love about my job is the fact that vacations come very easily. For example this week. Tuesday is Chilean Independence Day and while most adults make it a four or five day weekend of partying, kids have the whole week off from school. So Ashlee, Rachel, Alison, and I are off to travel for the week. Rachel adn Alison left on Thursday and Ashlee and I are meeting them today. We will start off in Pucon which is like Lake Tahoe, then on to Valdivia which is an old port city, then Chiloe an island full of old school culture, and finally we will cross the Lake district into Argentina and visit the charming city of Bariloche. All in all we will spend a little over a week travelling. Ashlee and I are leaving in afew hours for our 10 hour bus trip to Pucon, but no need to worry baout boredom... I have packed plenty of D.B.Knox to tide me over... ahhh, life is good indeed!
I live near a long thin park called Parque Forestal. It's really quite a nice park and it has a long stretch of a lane for riding bikes or jogging. And since I have a fear of riding bikes in this city, I jog. It's really pleasent. I usually listen to radioDisney on my mp3 player and jog along to Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, or Julieta Venegas. Great stuff. Yesterday on my jog I noticed that the trees were beginning to change. Fall has finally arrived and I am glad for the change. But as I was jogging through the falling leaves, I began to think about how much I like fall. And I had this special moment when I realized that I want to be here in Santiago, jogging through this park for many falls to come. After the past few weeks of cultural adjustment being a little more painful than normal, this was a nice thought to have.
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