y Aquí Estamos
Brooks rapped on my apartment door at 9:00 this morning (his plane got in at 7:30.) I let him in even though I was sleeping. We went to get coffee and lunch at The Coffee Factory...so Chilean. Then we went exploring about. Here is a picture inside of La Moneda, the "nerve-center" (the guide book) of the Chilean government. Brooks found the only thing in Chile that is taller than he is:
In the plaza in front of La Moneda there is a small park that is surrounded by statues. This is the statue of Salvador Allende (see my entry on "Framing the problem...") who was overthrown by the US-assisted military coup in 1973 which installed General Pinochet. One of the quotes reads "Tengo fe in Chile y su destino"(I have faith in Chile and her destiny) which was supposedly from the day he died (September 11, 1973, the day La Moneda was invaded by the military.)
We tried to follow a little guide book walk. This is the main building of Universidad de Chile. We went inside and checked out the courtyards. Also, I picked up a couple books for my project at the University bookstore. One was a book recommended to me by a number of professors which is written by a woman, Patricia Politzer, who is the wife of one of the men who was in the Visiting Scholars program that I help organize at the Center. The other book I got is titled Abriendo las grandes Alamedas: el piquete de Londres y el arresto de Pinochet en el Reino Unido which basically means "Opening the flood gates" and is about Pinochet's arrest in London and the consequences. Very interesting.
Inside the courtyard, Brooks noticed that the odd neon numbers up around the courtyard (really not aesthetically pleasing) are actually the Fibonacci sequence. Maybe this is the math department?
After wandering through some streets, including "Little Europe" which was very cute and we should've taken pictures and we promise we will if we go back to that part of the city, we got to Plaza de Armas (mislabeled earlier) which is a very happening center. I saw tons of very beautiful landscapes pictures...Mom,Dad: tell me if you want art-my favorite was the oil on canvas landscapes. It reminds me of the plaza right next to Mont-martre in Paris, if I'm remembering correctly:
Off of Plaza de Armas there is a church simply called "Catedral." It is a very equisitely beautiful cathedral inside. I would've taken better pictures if Brooks weren't such a nice southern boy and got uncomfortable when I took out the camera while other people were all worshiping and being holy.
So what I can offer is a picture that is taken without flash and has a very long exposure to try to take in the light, which makes it a little blury. But maybe you get a sense of the beauty inside:
And this is center of the Plaza de Armas which is a nice little fountain:
And finally we got on the subway and headed back to the apartment where we are watching the [something to do with baseball]....oh, okay, the Home Run Derby. Festival de Cuadrangulares?
Look how much I am enjoying beisbol. That's all for now. I have an interview tomorrow morning at 10 AM so there should be exciting updates tomorrow. Or later tonight if I am studious.
In the plaza in front of La Moneda there is a small park that is surrounded by statues. This is the statue of Salvador Allende (see my entry on "Framing the problem...") who was overthrown by the US-assisted military coup in 1973 which installed General Pinochet. One of the quotes reads "Tengo fe in Chile y su destino"(I have faith in Chile and her destiny) which was supposedly from the day he died (September 11, 1973, the day La Moneda was invaded by the military.)
We tried to follow a little guide book walk. This is the main building of Universidad de Chile. We went inside and checked out the courtyards. Also, I picked up a couple books for my project at the University bookstore. One was a book recommended to me by a number of professors which is written by a woman, Patricia Politzer, who is the wife of one of the men who was in the Visiting Scholars program that I help organize at the Center. The other book I got is titled Abriendo las grandes Alamedas: el piquete de Londres y el arresto de Pinochet en el Reino Unido which basically means "Opening the flood gates" and is about Pinochet's arrest in London and the consequences. Very interesting.
Inside the courtyard, Brooks noticed that the odd neon numbers up around the courtyard (really not aesthetically pleasing) are actually the Fibonacci sequence. Maybe this is the math department?
After wandering through some streets, including "Little Europe" which was very cute and we should've taken pictures and we promise we will if we go back to that part of the city, we got to Plaza de Armas (mislabeled earlier) which is a very happening center. I saw tons of very beautiful landscapes pictures...Mom,Dad: tell me if you want art-my favorite was the oil on canvas landscapes. It reminds me of the plaza right next to Mont-martre in Paris, if I'm remembering correctly:
Off of Plaza de Armas there is a church simply called "Catedral." It is a very equisitely beautiful cathedral inside. I would've taken better pictures if Brooks weren't such a nice southern boy and got uncomfortable when I took out the camera while other people were all worshiping and being holy.
So what I can offer is a picture that is taken without flash and has a very long exposure to try to take in the light, which makes it a little blury. But maybe you get a sense of the beauty inside:
And this is center of the Plaza de Armas which is a nice little fountain:
And finally we got on the subway and headed back to the apartment where we are watching the [something to do with baseball]....oh, okay, the Home Run Derby. Festival de Cuadrangulares?
Look how much I am enjoying beisbol. That's all for now. I have an interview tomorrow morning at 10 AM so there should be exciting updates tomorrow. Or later tonight if I am studious.
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