Sorry all you blog followers. I have been lacking in my blog writing because it is summer for me again and I just never sit down to write something in the blog. Anyway, I just returned from my trip to Patagonia which was incredible! Of all the places I have been too, this destination is definitely the one I would recommend someone save their money on and splurge. This place was magical. I have never seen views and sceneries as gorgeous as in Torres del Paine. The mountains with a bit of snow on the top and then the tropical ice cold blue glacier water with greenery to surround them made for a surreal setting. Personally, most of the time I felt as though I was in Lord of the Rings some of the views were just un-imaginable. The thing I was most suprised about however, were that even though the glaciers were very close to Antarctica, they were not as big as some of the glaciers I have seen in Alaska. The weather there was not unbearably cold, but of course it is summer there. There were however great winds which did make it a little nippy at times. The water was ice cold. Yes I did go swimming in the Strait of Magellan at 10:30pm. Freezing ice cold water. We ran to the water so by the time we got there we were pretty hot, but after seconds I could not feel my legs. In fact it was so cold it was painful.
Aside from the Patagonia Trip, life back in Santiago is great. I am enjoying the 90 degree weather. However, hearing that all the people on the East Coast are enjoying great coastal storm/blizzard, I will admit I do miss the snow. And the Christmas season is not even close to being the same. It does not feel like Christmas here. You don't see the rush of people in the stores doing Christmas shopping. No Christmas trees on top of cars because everyone here has plastic trees. Also the minimal christmas decoration definitely helps set the non-Christmas mode. Lets not even talk about the Christmas music...I had to go on the 99.9 Kiss FM's website and listen to Christmas music live a few days ago. I am still not sure how my family celebrates Christmas. I know I am going to mass tonight and then we come back to the mom's house to open some gifts and eat. Then tomorrow I go to the dad's house. After the festivities I will post a blog giving details. Chao for now...HAPPY HOLIDAYS
