Estoy muy cansada hoy, por eso escribire en ingles. (Since I am very tired today I am going to write in English.) Today was another day of orientation, my day started off with the micro that I was taking to school dying. Everyone had to get off and we had to take another bus to Valpo; this was an interesting way to start the day.

Some things I have noticed since arriving in Chile are:
1- How crazy everyone drives! Riding the micro is not for the faint at heart. There is no such thing as yield buses and cars alike push their way through. The horn is utilized often.
2- Chile is truly a conglomeration of different cultures. There are many elements that belong to the Europeans, and Americans. When I went to the pub, Club Jornal yesterday I asked what the best beer was and my friend Matthias (a Chileno) said Heineken. The only music that was played in the pub was american contemporary pop and many of the people knew the words but did not know what they meant.
3- Chilean men are very polite towards women and elders. In the micro men will get up if a woman or an elderly person does not have a seat. While in the streets or pubs Chilean men will stare at foreign ladies like they are meat at a meat market but unlike the Mexican men they will not really approach you. Part of this might have been because I was with an equal number of men and women.
4- Signs are only suggestions. There were no fishing signs on the pier that we went out on today but there were many people who were fishing and crabbing.

There are many more but I can think of them. That's all for now, it is short today so that I can go to bed.