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went to orientation, terremotosJuly 31, 2009 at 3:03 PM
the orientation the campus central of the UC is impressive! it's a massive old colonial style building, very well kept, in the middle of santiago centro. as soon as you enter (through the entrance i took) you see a lush green garden roofless garden with palms and other regional vegetation. we had most of orientation in a meeting hall that seemed like a chapel mixed with a library; there was stained glass designs in the long and narrow two-story room and the walls were not walls but bookshelves full of important books (they were leather-bound, afterall). i have until august twenty-something to wander around classes and decide what i want to take. i think i'll end up with typography, finance, spanish, football, and maybe 1 more (mountain climbing?). la piojera after the orientation was done a bunch of volunteer students brought us foreigners to a local pub called the piojera, supposedly 'if you go to santiago you HAVE to go to la piojera.' spanish lesson: piojo = lice piojera = place of lice. the piojera fits about 300 people by my estimate. their signature drink seems to be the 'terremoto' - which is, if i'm not mistaken, a mix of pineapple ice cream, wine, 'fermet', and umm something else. lots of people didn't like it but i went through the following process: this is ok, this is distgusting, this is quite good. my judgement have been somewhat impaired however because the beverage itself is strong. later i took the metro home and got walked the wrong way down america vespucio (a main street that circles santiago) , then talked to a friendly guard man from the park in the middle of the street (for now use your imagination or google, i'll post photos of the street later) and took the micro (the name of a kind of bus) back to where i live. (i'm the one on the left with the cup of coffee who looks like he's crying)
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typography, that would be a good pick!
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I'm a tad surprised they have mountain climbing as a university class...it's almost like where do you draw the line...maybe you learn about the physics involved or at least some academic tie in... - jonathan # posted by
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