Settling in

Hello,

We are loving Viña and Valpo and are settling in nicely. It looks like we´re going to stay in a hostel on one of the more touristy hills in Valpo (all the neighbourhoods in Valpo are actually hills) until the middle of October when we´ll move in with one of my cousins who lives in Viña. The hills are pretty crazy and you can take elevators up to the tops of some. That´s right...elevators! Oh yeah!

Missing everybody lots! I´ll try to write some more personal notes soon. Would love to hear from you too.

Okay friends and fam... lots of love to you.... here´s greg:

Dito on Eli´s blurb. Right now we are staying in Eli´s uncles swag appartment, i dont really now how I am goin to handle living with the common people... i hear that they have to "go to work" and "shower". dispicable ;)

Viña and Valpo are very different places. While Viña is more upper class and touristy and most of its streets are on a grid, Valpo is more working class and chaotic, built into 14 hills (i think, yo pienso). There are touristy areas, like the community we are in right now, called Cerro Alegre, lit. Happy Hill! It would be as fun as it sounds if it werent for alll of the gringos! No, i´m not a gringo... i´m canadian. Eli and I are still loving food, but it´s starting to have some strange affects: my wallet is shrinking and my waist size is expanding.

I actually have lots to say but this internet cafe is a little costly,

so,

chao for now!