Back to Fencing!

After two months waiting, I finally started training fencing again in Santiago de Chile.

For the ones who doesnt know, I did fencing for around 4 years when I was a teenager. Once I graduated from high school I prioritized my university studies and didnt train anymore. I always wanted to be back, but my other extracurricular activities didnt leave to much space for that in my agenda. Then I was back at the Club Lawn Tennis in Lima, Peru. But again, my travel plans brought me here and I had to quit. Now, Im finally back again to the only one sport I ever being good at. Please, dont ask me to play voleyball, football, basketball, or anything else...I am all about fencing!...I am not looking to become a fencing champion now, but I think fencing is a good way to relax, work out, keep in shape, make friends, and contribute to that hometown rutine feeling I am looking for.

Miscelaneus

I havent had the chance to travel around the country lately. But it doesnt mean Ive being not having fun. Lets take a look of what have been up in my life in the last two months and a half...

San Antonio/ Santo Domingo/ Llo Lleo

Lily, Claire, Jimena, Juani and me joined Ruben in a Tour Marquard to the beach!. Again, looking for some suntan, I was not lucky at all. I still dont get it why the sun is never shining when I go to the beach. Anyway, after a visit to the exclusive neighborhood of Santo Domingo next to the beach, we went back to San Antonio, the second important harbord in Chile. What I enjoyed the most was getting to know how people from the town use to spend a sunday in the afternoon, to try Congrio (another typical fish you will always find in the menu) and see how this fish, together with jaiba, and a seadog look like in real life....just in case, the seadog was not in the menu!

Johanna´s B-day!

My friend and ex roommate Johanna celebrated her b-day on March,21th. We went to a french restaurant (La Boheme) near our house (La Comboyana) in Bellavista, and had some typical french food. No, Johanna is not french, she is german, as well as most of the guys in the picture: Peter and Felix (current habitants of La Camboyana) and Andrea. And Mario, my other ex roommate, hes from Chile. Im not living in La Comboyana anymore, but I had good memories from there and from the frienships I made. I miss you guys!!!

Swinming Pool at Erika´s

If there is a great host: thats Erika!...always so sweet!...she invited me and the girl gang to her swinming pool. I met Choko, her Shiba dog!...we had a very good time sharing stories and looking at pictures from past AIESEC parties!. I met Erika four years ago in an AIESEC International Congress IC in Calgary, Canada. She was representing AIESE in Chile and me representing AIESEC in Peru.

Samba Night!

If you cant go to the Carnival, let the carnival come to you!!!...looking for a place to celebrate the Brazilian Carnival, we went to this place: Esquina Do Samba. Hey, if your not from Brazil and you ever thought you know how to dance samba, you better see those brazilian girls dancing...damn it!!!!...how do they make it?????

Bowling Night!!!

Due to the AIESEC Regional Conference, Lily was going to Colombia for the next three weeks. So we went bowling in order to spend some time together before she left. I had a great time, but to be honest: bowling is definitely not for me...I suck!!!!...which doesnt mean I wouldnt try it again!

Santiago City Tour

Lily, Ruben, Claire and I went on a city tour aound Santiago downtown. We started from the main square, visiting the cathedral. We continued with a yummy lunch in the central market, where we ate some typical food: pastel de jaiba, reineta with salsa margarita (thats what I had), and fried merzula...and of course, the very wellknown "pebre" with bread. We ended the day by visiting La Moneda and its museum.

U2 Concert!!!

I shouldnt be writing more about this!. The title says it itself. U2 concert!!!...what can you imaging of being part of such experience?...I tell you what it meant to me: a dream came true!

Nothing can be more spectacular than watching Bono and his band in front of 75,000 people, singing their most famous songs: Sunday bloody sunday, Beautiful Day, New Years Day, Where the Streets has No Name, Elevation, Vertigo, Without or Without You, One, I still havent found what Im looking for, among others.

But what made it even more special was the passion Bono put to bring not only his songs, but a very simple message of a very simple life code that could make a significant change in this world: COEXIST ...learn how to tolerate the differences, we are all equal and we all have the same rights no matter the race, the age, the social class you come from, we are ONE world and it would take the rich, the poor, the young, and the old, to make it a better place to live.

Doesnt it sound very AIESECer?...I bet Bono is an Alumni...hahaha!...I wanna be like him when I grow up :p...haha!

Animal experience

I love dogs!...I love animals!...everybody knows that. And not having my dog close to me makes me homesick sometimes. But what can I do instead of hugging my dog?...go to the Zoo!.

The Buin Zoo is an educational zoo, a family enterprise that started rescuing hurt animals from the surroundings. Nowadays, its a place for protection, research, education and entertaintment. The zoo has special night shows every saturday of february, where people can enjoy the animals that are usually sleeping during the day. And enjoy some capoeira and other artistics shows, as well.

I recomend you to take a night tour during a warm night of february if your in Santiago someday. Of course, dont go after 21:00 at night, without a car, with just a train ticket, little money, 1 chilean and two more foreigners like you, who doenst know how to come back home if you accidentaly miss the train..unless you wanna run in circles for 15 minutes in the zoo in the middle of darkness, cross a bridge and catch the train 15 seconds before it was gone. :P

For more information about Buin Zoo, visit www.buinzoo.cl

Trip to Papudo

Looking for some sun and nice beaches, make me go 3 hours to the south. Together with Paula, my friend from Germany, and her friends from CEPAL, went to Papudo, a small town next to the beach. We didnt find too much sun but we did get fun by having some typical food, clubbing and driving to the north back to Santiago. Some interesting stops where Zapallar and Mantencillo, a couple of very exclusive neighborhoods next to the blue ocean. Some people said it looked pretty alike to LA. I cant really say that as I have never being in LA before, but why dont you take a look on my pictures and tell me if they were right?...