Stirring the soul

Here are some funerary wooden carvings from the local Mapuche natives, and me and my friend Josh at the Festival de la Cerveza. Visiting different things like the Precolumbino museum and other fun things in the modern city are just a couple simple examples of everyday life that are very soul stirring experiences...

There is nothing quite like a foreign city to stir the soul. I received this comment from a friend, and I fully agree. The day I arrived I got off a plane after a long night of not sleeping, and the weather matched my mind as everything was hazy. In the coming days and weeks I have quickly toured the city, in almost a similar haze of fighting off colds or tiredness, as I always want to "aprovechar," or take advantage of all that is out there so I keep busy all day and night. It takes a while for some things to become clear when abroad, but when they do it is very fun. I take in so many sights, and make contact with so many people. Talking and working in a foreign language is the biggest difference, but I am also a very visual learner, and even streets I know well appear very different at night and daytime. In much of Latin America I have found that every store front will be covered by a metal gate at nighttime, so again I almost recognize it as another place.
All of a sudden I found myself in Santiago, and I am still growing accustomed to the life here and the pace at which I experience new things everyday, but it is good exercise for the soul.