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Limón y Sal

Hace unos dias bajé Limewire... he estado bajando muuucha musica... y... encontré esta canción de Julieta Venegas.... y me encanta! Escuchala aqui, y agregué las letras aqui para acompañarla.

Tengo que confesar que a veces
no me gusta tu forma de ser
luego te me desapareces y no entiendo muy bien por qué
no dices nada romántico cuando llega el atardecer te pones de un humor extraño con cada luna llena al mes.

Pero a a todo lo demás le gana lo bueno que me das sólo tenerte cerca siento que vuelvo a empezar.

CORO:
Yo te quiero con limón y sal, yo te quiero tal y como estás,
no hace falta cambiarte nada,
yo te quiero si vienes o si vas,
si subes y bajas y
no estás seguro de lo que sientes.

Tengo que confesarte ahora
nunca creí en la felicidad
a veces algo se le parece, pero
es pura casualidad.

Luego me vengo a encontrar con tus ojos y me dan algo más
solo tenerte cerca siento
que vuelvo a empezar.

CORO

Solo tenerte cerca
siento que vuelvo a empezar....

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A Korean Experience in Santiago/ Encontrando un poco de Corea en Chile

After our visit with the Virgin, we decided to take a trip down to Patronato for some tasty Korean food, since two out of the four of us had never tried Korean food (I was obviously not one of the two). We had to introduce them to the wonders of bulgogi.

While I don't think this was the best bulgogi I have ever had, I must give the restaurant props for having a super cool atmosphere. I really felt like I was in a traditional Korean restaurant. We took off our shoes, and sat on pillows on the floor around the table and they brought us over a little grill to cook our own bulgogi on. The food was good, I only say that it wasn't the best bulgogi I've ever had because I've had some really good bulgogi before. Still definitely worth trying though. And some of the side dishes that they brought over were excellent. Still don't know what they were, which is probably a good taste of what's to come when I get to Seoul next week (YIKES) but definitely tasty.

If you want to go try for yourself next time you're in Santiago, here is the address.

평 양면 옥- Pyong Yang Muyn Ok
Santa Filomena 170
Santiago, Chile
735-7219


Despues de nuestra visita a Cerro San Cristobal, decidimos ir para comer comida Coreana en honor de mi viaje a corea que viene pronto. Un amigo conocía un lugar en Patronato para comer comida Coreana en un estilo muy authentico. Dos amigos mios nunca habían probado comida Coreana, entonces tuvimos que presentarles a la maravilla de bulgogi.

Admito que este bulgogi no fue el mejor que he probado. Pero, igual, he probado bulgogis muy buenos. Lo que me gusto de este restaurante fue el ambiente bien Coreano. Sacamos los zapatos y nos sentamos en almohadas en el suelo, y nos trayeron una cocina pequenita para cocinar el bulgogi. Supongo que esto es la manera traditional..... voy a ver en una semana mas!! (Que miedo!!!!!!) Todavia no he encontrado un restaurante asi en USA.

En fin, sugería este restaurante para tener una experiencia Coreana mientras está en Sudamerica. Se ubica aqui:

평 양면 옥- Pyong Yang Muyn Ok
Santa Filomena 170
Santiago, Chile
735-7219

Skiing in the Andes/ Cuando fuimos a la nieve

Last Monday we decided to take a little trip out of Santiago and go skiing in the Cordillera (aka, the Andes), or as the Chileans say, we "went to the snow". I'll admit it was a little pricey, but it was well worth it. The skiing was, by far, much better than anything I have ever seen in VT. I wish I had had more time to explore the mountain more.

If it sounds strange to you that I went skiing in June, keep in mind that in the southern hemisphere, it is winter right now. It almost never snows in the city, but since the city is surrounded by tremendous mountains, its not hard to find snow in a short trip up the hill.

There are many ways to get up to the ski hills outside of Santiago. We used a company called Skivan. We did have a few small equipment issues, but the driver was excellent and I thought the prices were fair. There are many other transport services that will bring you up into the cordillera to ski as well.


We went to Valle Nevado to ski. There are several other mountains, but Valle Nevado was suggested to us by more than one person. We wound up paying a few dollars extra, but I didn't mind at all. I will say that this is not a hill for beginners. There are technically three green trails. One is a cut-through trail.. so very short, one is a nice green trail, and the third is not quite so gentle, fine for me, but my friend who is a bit less experienced than I am skiing, fell quite a few times and found it to be very steep for a beginner. I thought the mountain it was perfect for my ski level, which I'd call intermediate. I generally stay on the blue square trails when I'm skiing in the states. There are also many advanced trails at Valle Nevado, but I didn't dare go on those, since I didn't feel like testing the Chilean medical system on the second to last day of my trip.

What made this so much better than my experiences in Vermont and New Hampshire? I would say it had to be the lack of ice. If anyone has any experience skiing in the Northeast, you know that while most trails tend to start off nice early in the day, it's quite commong for trails to become iced over by the afternoon. If there is one thing that I can't stand about skiing it would be ice. I get so freaked out by ice sometimes that it really impairs my ability to ski, because I am too afraid to go down steep hills. I found that without the fear of ice, I was able to conquer hills that would freak me out completely in Vermont.

The only downside that I found to skiing in the cordillera was the commute. Not the distance, because it was really only a little over an hour from Las Condes to the mountain, but the absolute fear I felt driving up and down the mountain. So many sharp twists and turns, not to mention the sharp drops over the side of a mountain if the driver were to screw up. Our driver was excellent, and drove nice and slow, but still, I spent the entire ride home praying to every deity I could think of to spare my life if the van were to fall off the cliff. But. Still. I'd do it again. It's worth it.

The one thing that really made an impression on me was the lack of trees. I mean, I knew that there were no trees, A because of the altitude and B because of the very little amount of soil that is available. Its kind of the limiting reagent to the equation. But still, its strange to ski without trees on all sides.

I'll leave you all with some lovely pictures that I took while skiing.



El lunes pasado, fuimos a la nieve para esquiar. Me encantó. Estoy seguro que los lugares de esqui en la Cordillera son muchos mejores de cualquier lugar de esqui cerca de mi en el noreste de los EEUU. Porque? Porque no hay hielo. La cosa que me carga de esquiar es el hielo. Me da demasiado miedo cuando esquio por el hielo, y creo que affecta mi capacidad de esquiar. Sin hielo, tengo mucho mas confianza de mis aptitudes.

Fuimos a Valle Nevado. Nos costó 2 o 4 mil mas, pero mucha gente nos sugerio este lugar, entnoces, creo que valió la pena ir para alli. La unica cosa que no me gustó de la cordillera fue el camino. Yo sentí que iba a morirme cada vez que doblabamos una esquina. Pasé todo el camino de vuelta orando a cualquier dios que me escuchara que no me muera. Pero valió la pena.

El otro problema de Valle Nevado es que es un lugar para gente que sabe esquiar. Para mí, fue perfecto, pero para mi amiga, ella encontró el lugar my dificil. Solo hay 3 pistas para precipiantes. Mi amiga encontró Valle Nevado muy dificil.

Entonces, en fin, recomendo Valle Nevado, pero no vaya alli para aprender esquiar.

Gringas locas vuelven a Chile! Por Fin

Bueno, mis planes de volver al hemisferio del sur estan casi logrados. Asi que tengo un mes y medio libre ahora que no trabajo decidí hace algunos meses que quise volver a Chile, donde estudiaba un semestre hace 2 años. Tengo muchos amigos allí que echo de menos mucho. Anoche hablé con mi amiga Sarita, mi amiga gringa que conocí alli en sudamerica, y parece que vamos en una semana y media más. la fecha de viaje viene pronto, y no estoy lista. Todavía, nececito conseguir mi visa de trabajar de Corea. Mañana iré al consulado. Espero que no haya problema. Nececito empezar de hacer mi maleta de viajar. probable debería encontar la ropa y todo para ir a Corea tb, para que no estoy media loca cuando vuelva de Chile. Me voy.... nececito organizar mi pieza... recien me trasladé de Vermont hasta Boston, y todavía nececito deshacer mis maletas y desemplar las cajas. buu.

Escribo en Español para que los hispanohablantes esten incluidos en mi blog. Si hay interes, puedo escribir mas en español.

Quick translation/other stuff. I talked to my friend Sarah last night, and I think we're going down to Chile to visit friends. We're still trying to work out where we're staying and such details, but I'm very excited about this, since I've wanted to go for a while now. Now is the best time to go, since I'm in between jobs. But, I've got to go work on getting stuff together now... just moved out of my apartment in Vermont, and moved back in with the parental units. So many boxes, so little time, so much laziness. Then tomorrow I go to the Korean consulate to get my work visa. Hope that goes well. Then I got to start packing for Chile/Korea. Anyone have any suggestions on traveler's insurance? I'm wondering if I should get insurance for my time in Korea, in addition to traveling to Chile. Just in case I want to travel in Asia? I'll post anything I find out about travel insurance up here. Por si acaso.