Santiago for foreigners

Santiago is a really big city. I have lived here all my life and at the time and I don’t know all the places and all the neighborhoods that constitute my city. Personally, I think that there aren’t many places to visit as a tourist and probably Santiago isn’t so attractive to visit as other places in Chile, but if you should visit this city I believe I could advice you some places that is worth to go.
In down town you can find some ancient neighborhoods that have an interesting architecture and history. One of them is the Lastarria Neighborhood that is a very beautiful area in the center of Santiago, you could get there by the subway or by bus and you could spend some hours in the Forestal Park or in the Bellas Artes museum visiting different exhibitions of Chilean art (most of the time). If you are by this neighborhood I recommend you to have an ice-cream in the Emporio de la Rosa where you can find very different flavors like Rosa or strawberry with pepper ice-creams.
Other place you could visit is the Mercado central where you can eat typical food and very tasty seafood. You can go as well to the Plaza de Armas, the main square of Santiago, I don’t enjoy it so much but I think that if you are a tourist probably you should go for general culture. In the main square you can visit the cathedral of Santiago that is a beautiful building and you could go to mass if you are catholic. In plaza the Armas you could visit de Pre-Columbian Museum that has a very complete collection of pieces of the ancient cultures of Chile and Lantinoamérica.
Finally you can go to the Cerro Santa Lucia in down town too where you can get a good view of Santiago (only if there are not smog and that is so difficult!) and you can relax by walking around.
That’s all for now!
Regards

Loving dance!

I really don’t know how’s to be addicted to something, ‘cause in my vision I don’t have any addictions at all. But there are things that I love to do and sometimes I feel that I can’t stop doing them. For example dancing, I have been taking dance lessons since I was fifteen (now I’m twenty one) and I have gone for almost everyday to dance practice at my Academy for six whole years. I think that dancing has affected my life in many ways and in almost all cases in a very good way. It’s very good for my health and humor, It keeps me up and active and because of this I feel I need to do it every day, especially when I’m stress for the college or I’m moody for something. However sometimes I have problems with my priorities, because I leave the university work ‘cause I want to go to dance lessons and that gives me problems in my studies or I’m too tired to study or even more, to go to classes.

Before I started dancing I was very sedentary and I had so much free time. I was always watching TV o surfing the internet and I didn’t know how to take out my feelings or how to deal with humor problems.

Although I don’t Know If I have or want to beat this “addiction”, because I think that dancing It’s very good to me, I believe that I do have to control it and maybe to reconsider my priorities. I don’t feel that I have to choose between dancing and the University but I think that I have to balance my times if I want to keep doing it well.

I don’t think that others have to avoid this addictions but I can advice them that If they have a hobby that they really love, they should consider their time and their other obligations.

Regards

C.