A Year in Chile

Follow our family as we head south of the border for 12 months.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Santiago Eccentricities, Part II

(A continuation of yesterday's post...)

8. Private schools are "colegios," but public schools are "escuelas." Universities are not colleges but "universidads."

9. A very good bottle of red wine costs much less than a good bottle of body lotion.

10. "No Frost" fridges are a rather recent phenomenon.

11. A simple transaction at a major department store can take 2-3 people: one to ring up the purchase, one to wrap, and one to assist you with any other potential purchases.

12. It's difficult to find "college rule" notebooks; most of the paper in them looks like graph paper. Makes a lot of sense for math!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

are the kids going to the School Nido de Aguilas? I went to a similar school in Sao Paulo, Brazil - from K thru 10th grade (I went to a boarding school in the States for the last 2 yrs of high school). Great school - learned English and Portuguese side by side.