How’s that for espanol? What you don’t know is that it took me a few hrs to formulate that sentence. Well today was the first day that I ventured out on my own to have a looksy (as the expat from Chile referred to his trip to visit Santiago before moving there). I’m fairly certain that the locals and the expats don’t mix and now for that matter neither do the expats and the other expats. Contrary to my preconceived notions of what it is to be an expat everyone goes home around 7 on their own and it even seems that they spend their lunch breaks on their own. Also since our office has only recently relocated no one knows where anything is. Add to that that the operations manager is busy closing out his books for the previous year (or something like that) and the engineering manager doesn’t drink (self proclaimed former teetotaler) and you have one very bored expat right here. I’m working to remedy the situation. Today as I said I ventured out for lunch and just walked for a few blocks until I found the best dining area (TGI Fridays, Chili’s, and McD) in one area. In some way the roundabout area reminded me of the Arc de Triumphe (sp?) in Paris as there were underground stairways to get to the center. I continued in search of food and found a nice looking restaurant that served a two course meal with a pisco sour for effectively 8-9 bucks. I was chatting with the waiter about what they had that was vegetarian and he mentioned that he works at another place that serves Mediterranean food. It’s in Miraflores (another district) and apparently it’s not walkable so maybe over the weekend I’ll go in search of it. I told him I’m staying nearby and I’m on the search for bars he suggested their bar and it’s open until 1am. I’ve also located what seems to be called a beerhall so I think I will go seek it out tonight.
I was going to go for a run to the waterfront this evening, but the hotel doorman suggested a near by golf course that I could run around. I tried that out as he seemed rather concerned about me dodging cars on my run. This was a good 2.5-3 mi run and along the way they have the old school exercise “machines” with just a bar and a plank to do pushups or sit ups, etc. I also would like to experience the nightlife so I think tomorrow I’m going to ask some of the staff where I can go. Es todo necessito comer y beber. Buenas noche…
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