Here are some pictures of my Chilean family! Patagonia pictures will be up soon....

So let me start off with saying ´mom, jess and dad, I love you´...but staying in Barbara's home has been such a great experience I feel like I have a Chilean duplicate of my family at home, whom I love so much, but at most times I can barely understand them and think they are talking about me (sound familiar? just kidding). Barbara is like my si...

I can't believe a month and then some has already blew by. I am settled in quite nicely to my life in Chile, life as a professor, my schedule, and so on... This Tuesday I will begin my own classes at night for students about to study abroad in Australia, Canada, and the US.

Sunday, December 31, 2006 A Memorable Celebration Dear Readers: Toto is on the move today, as we leave Santiago headed for the beachfront towns of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. The drive is through beautiful hills and vineyards. As we travel it gets cloudier and grayer, and we notice that people are wearing jackets when we reach the ocean. Steppi...

After 6 months i'm back in Viña del Mar, didn't have much of a chance to admire the city the last time, so i'll take the chance right now. Also what i didn't know before is that a friend of mine from the neighbourtown Merklingen stays in Quilpe for 3 months. So of course i'll pay him a visit to exchange some expressions and to talk about the goo...

yippieiih... i have made peace with chile. even though the weather god was blessing us with a mixture of snow, hail, rain and grey skies when we crossed the border from argentina into chile, it all changed once we got across the andes. i love that mountain range. it´s so awe-inspiring-- it really is awesome. so i am once more in chile. my passpo...