Reading Huelo and Meg's recent entries has gotten me missing Amherst extra today ... so in solidarity with Huelo's bout of extreme missing Portland/Amherst, here's the things I miss doing with my friends, in no particular order:
( My 'miss list' )

and then I'll be back in Portland. Wow ( Read more... )

Today is a beautiful spring day, which doesn't feel at all like Thanksgiving, but in some other ways it does ( Read more... )

had "thanksgiving dinner" tonight, at a gringo restaurant downtown, sponsored by the study abroad program. it was a little disappointing. it just wasn't ... home. family. and i didn't really have time to dar gracias -- give thanks ( Read more... )

and I woke up at 9:30 anyway. Ah well ( Read more... )

I never knew that bread and butter could be such an exquisite culinary experience. The bread here is that good. There are two main kinds, allulla and marraquete, both of which are way better than any bread in the US. Lightly toasted, with a little mantequilla, and I'm in heaven. I guess that's one thing I'll miss about Chile when I leave in a ( Read more... )

So much of life is beyond my control. I always get such a rush when something incredible and unpredictable and wonderful happens to me ( Read more... )

i just thought that sounded like a cool title. like the name of some hardcore punk band or something ( Read more... )

Today was such a typical Chilean day I have to write it down even though I am really really tired (that will be explained shortly ( Read more... )

hola, queridos amigos ( Read more... )