Ohhh, Chile

Chile is an odd place.

For example, next week is the history department's big "Celebrate History" week or something. What does that mean for me? No history classes. Apparently part of the celebration includes cancelling all classes from period 3-4 on from Tuesday through Friday. Even weirder, that means if you have a history class on any of those days in period 1-2, at 8:15 in the morning, you still have to go.

The micros are really weird. Micro=bus. The micros apparently are independently operated, which means that although each number has its own route and all, there is no schedule. Which is bad. But the good side is that you often don't have to be at a bus stop to catch a bus- just wave and the driver will stop. Also, you can argue with the bus driver. Regular fare is usually 280-400 pesos (~56-80 cents), depending on where you are going, but if you have a student ID, its 130-150 pesos (~26-30 cents). We don't have our student IDs yet, but we do have papers that say we are registered at PUCV, and also our student IDs from the US. You show it to the bus driver and give him 150 pesos, and he'll be like "no" and you just say "No, I'm a student!" and he'll (usually) grudgingly let you get on the bus. Nice, although I can't wait until we have our regular IDs and don't have to argue.

In other fun news for the week, yesterday in my contemporary art class we watched Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst. We watched it in English, with Spanish subtitles. I was the only non-Chilean in the class. It was pretty awesome.

Also, yesterday I had my last "first" class. I hadn't had my Origins of Christianity class yet. I really really liked it. Its going to be a great class I think.