Today I thought I would do some tourist attractions since I was alone and I probably wouldn't do those things once I had been living here for a while but then it finally stopped raining and I decided that I wanted to explore the city more and I could see Pablo Neruda's house anytime once I was more settled in. So I crossed the river and walked around and ate for a few hours in Bellavista, the "Bohemian" artsy neighborhood. It was more suburban, but soo nice and I really want to live there, although maybe it is a richer area. Every house was amazing colors like fuscia, tangerine, turqouise, rust, or bright green. I loved it. All of the guidebooks say that Santiago is not charming, but really that is a lie.

This other picture is my house. My room is the window to the right of the big bush. It is pretty good so far but there are only about 4 people living here and I never see any of them so it's pretty empty and hard to meet anyone, although Jorge, the man who runs it, is incredibly nice and looks after me.