Blue Cougs n Ham: Things that surprised me about Chile

Monday, October 3, 2011

Things that surprised me about Chile

1. How clean the city is.

2. The amount of parks all over the city. There are so many beautiful parks and lots of amazing playgrounds.

3. The amount of American products, advertisements, and shops that are there.

4. I was surprised about the sheer volume of people outside. These people walk everywhere. It's good.

5. How expensive everything is (at least compared to Des Moines).

6. Just how comfortable I felt there. It is a beautiful city and I love the home that we found to rent.

One of the views from the window in our future home.

Mark's future office building.

A park in Santiago

Our future home. The gates/fences are around all homes in Santiago. It will take some getting used to.

4 comments:

Unknown said...: What a fun place! I am so excited for you, what a fun adventure for you and your family. That house looks awesome! Keep posting! :); October 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Stephanie said...: What an adventure!!! Have you guys officially moved yet?; October 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM
John and Jenny said...: I am so excited for your family. SO EXCITED! You will love living over seas!; October 9, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Theresa Walker said...: The house looks so pretty. What a fun time for you guys. I can't wait to see all your adventures.; October 12, 2011 at 3:51 AM

Post a Comment

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)