When I was six, my grandparents gave me a suitcase (blue with big, hot pink flowers). I kept it packed and stored in the closet, just in case there was an adventure and I needed to be ready. It took another 34 years, but I'm finally on the adventure. A published author, married to a helicopter pilot, life is fun, crazy, adventurous, challenging ~ but never dull.
Cast of Characters
Me, the Boston Pobble: Indiana Jones wanna-be, city girl, carnie-at-heart; Lithus: helicopter pilot, partner in crime, best friend, husband;
Various: mechanics, employers, companies and locals we are lucky enough to meet along the way.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
First Day of Classes
Friday, January 10, 2025
A Rosemont Raven
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Chillan
Usually, I get to see some of the town where we're staging. This time, though, I didn't expect to see anything but the hotel and the attached casino (and the clinic) because we don't have a car and the hotel is on the very outskirts of town. As my Elder put it, Chillan is in the middle of nowhere and the hotel is on the outskirts of Chillan. HA!
However, the crew is really good about making sure that everyone has a chance to get the car. We've been to dinner twice and the grocery store once.
Greetings from Chile!
It's so strange; I always think about writing for several days and don't ~ until one morning it's like NOW! You will write NOW! Ha. So, here we are.
We've been in Chile since 27 December 2024. It's been a really nice visit. I was here for about two days and already liked it more than Greece. I ended up with acute tonsilitis, though, and spent from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am at the clinic our first week here. Who knew adults could still get tonsilitis???? Anyway, a shot in the butt of antibiotics and another of steroids/analgesic and I was remarkably better by the time I woke up and 100% within the next three days. The facilities and care were as good as anything I've gotten in equivalent towns in the States ~ and the whole thing was free. It was amazing.
All's been well since then, thank goodness. The end of the holidays was nice. NYE, we were expecting peanut butter sandwiches, potato chips, and Netflix in the room (which, let's be honest, wouldn't have sucked) but there's a casino attached, so we thought we'd at least check it out. Nope. We don't gamble and we don't drink much and 9:30 is early, so it was a nonstarter. As we headed back to the room, we walked by the nice restaurant attached to the hotel and casino, the nicest in the whole area. Next thing I know, My Favorite has us a table for the evening, dancing at midnight included. So...we had a lovely NYE dinner and we back in the room on the 6th floor in time to see the fireworks at midnight.
Chile, and Chillan where we are specifically, is a great place. People are kind and respectful to each other. And not just to the tourists, but each other. Infrastructure is good; government is no more corrupt than anywhere else; medicine is first rate. My Favorite has loved Santiago for years and I see why.
Will I post more? Who knows. But the adventure continues...