time

Dan: I know we’re only 3 hours ahead of central time, and after a week we should be just fine, right? I don’t know what the deal is, but we seem to still be a little bit off in everything we do here. We tend to get hungry at the wrong times, when restaurants are empty or closed. We arrive at tourist attractions when they are just about to close for the day, or are closed for renovations. We wake up too late, take siesta too early, find happy hours 5 minutes too late. We haven’t adapted to a culture that eats dinner at 9 or 10:00.

We are having a hard time getting out of Chile. Learning the ropes isn’t as easy as we thought it might be. We just figured we’d go to the bus station on the other side of town and get our bus tickets for tomorrow morning. No such luck. Sold out. Also I couldn’t reserve for the following day either, because we didn’t bring our passports with us to reserve international bus tickets. So back to the hostel tonight. We’ll try again tomorrow. It’s always nice to travel when at least someone in your party has a clue. In our case we’re figuring it out ourselves as we go along (preparing the way for when our friends and family come to visit…) and wasting a lot of time in the process. Good thing I have a whole year leave of absence.

Food: I had a sandwich tonight called a Barros Luco. Do you remember Steak-ums? It’s pretty much a Steak-ums minute steak sandwich on a roll with cheese and a funny name. This sandwich can be had at any Fuente de Soda, or diner, in the city. Also found on the table at any of these places you will find 3 condiment bottles; green, yellow and red. Green = ketchup, yellow = mustard, red = aji, a mild red pepper sauce.