Hola amigos! First things first, Missy gets here on Sunday!!! I'm so excited! The poor kid leaves Seoul in about 13 hours, and then has a 30 hour trip to get here, with two layovers in Canada. Yes, that's right, she is flying from Seoul, to Vancouver, to Toronto, to Santiago. I am going to go ahead and not plan anything for Sunday... I think she will be just a tad exhausted, lol.
Ok, so today I escaped to the coworking space that George and Will have been using regularly. It is a very nice space located on the San Joaquín campus of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. It is a small, pretty campus with many shady trees. All in all, a very nice way to spend the day! Especially considering it's in the upper 90s in the apartment, but air conditioned here!
So what have we been up to since my last post? I feel like I ask myself every week where the week went! I'm in my routine and the time is flying by! We've hung around Santiago, and we go on many evening walks. According to George we "muse-y". He says that while most people mosey, my sister and I "muse-y" at about twice the pace with half the leg length, lol. Here are two photos from our evenings in Santiago:
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| The moon rise! It was just a particularly nice evening. |
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| A cat friend we made on one of our evening walks! |
Most importantly, we finally made it to
La Vega on Sunday! I know, it's crazy that we didn't make it there sooner, given my love for produce and markets, but with 60,000 square meters of stalls, I wanted to go early on a Sunday morning when it was cool and not too busy. It's a pretty intense undertaking, but even though the crowds and shear number of choices were overwhelming, I still loved it! I am definitely going to drag Missy there one morning when she visits! The best part about La Vega is that the produce is much cheaper than at the stores. We bought 2 kilos (about 4.5 lbs) of strawberries for less than $2.50. We also bought some huge cucumbers, a bunch of zucchini, carrots and green peppers... I should have taken some photos of our haul and totaled the price, but by the time we finished, we were ready to get home! Trust me, it was cheap!
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| Of course we made a kitty friend. |
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| Es una gatita muy bonita! |
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| People! Also notice the bag on wheels... So many people have them! They use them for La Vega and at the super markets. Between those, strollers, and people, it can be tough to get around even when it's not too crowded! |
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| Vegetales! |
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| Frutas! |
After our excursion to La Vega, we also went hiking on Cerro San Cristobal on Sunday afternoon. I took a few photos, but it was pretty smoggy so they weren't particularly special. I did like this one though:
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| Heading down the trail that leads to one of the pools on Cerro San Cristobal. |
Aside from that, I've been doing a lovely job at keeping up on my running.
Today, since I knew it was going to be hot, I woke up early and left for my run before 7:30. Quite a feat for me! Week 7, day 1 of the B210K plan had me running for a little over 45 mins (distance-wise it was 5 miles if you include my warm up and cool down walk). I have also been making sure that one of my runs every week is on Cerro San Cristobal. Let me tell you, running uphill... it's not easy! And downhill seems better, but it's a whole different kind of exhausting. Besides the B210K app for running, I also use the Runkeeper app - if you use it, feel free to
add me!
But, the reward for all this running? Food and drink! Here's a small sample:
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| We've been eating a large amount of chicken and avocados... Good stuff! |
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| My favorite! Veggies, fried egg, and multi-grain toast with herbed butter. I seriously could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. Just a little too much fat and not quite enough protein in that diet though... dang! |
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| More fried rice! As soon as I get it down I will post a recipe :-) |
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| This was a brunch I made myself after Monday's hill-run day. I try to only eat like half a banana before running, but that means that I am quite ready for food when I cool down! Here I made myself some sautéed zucchini, scrambled eggs, and a strawberry-banana-peanut butter greek yogurt smoothie... and some extra veggies because they were nice and cold. Yeah, breakfast is my favorite. |
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| My other reward is a cocktail or wine of some sort. This was a Chardonnay and Ginger Ale spritzer with some frozen raspberries... so good! |
So other than those things, I've finally started watching Buffy! I've seen episodes here and there, but I have never actually watched the whole series. One the one hand, I try not to watch too much TV, on the other hand, George has so much work that this girl has to entertain herself! I am thoroughly enjoying it. Oh! And I've been listening to a Les Misérables audiobook! It's a 60 hour commitment (damn, that unabridged book is long!), but I am really enjoying it. I think next I'll be looking for something a bit more action packed for listening when I run, lol. Any suggestions?
