The following is a blog from Sophie, who is living abroad in Chile for the next year, and is Small Dog’s current foreign correspondent! She will be checking in with us periodically to let us know how she and her MacBook are doing…
Hola! Things in Chile are much brighter as I have started to truly settle in. I have been spending most of my time in school getting to know the students who are very warm and friendly. A lot of my time on the weekends this month was at the homeless shelter and hospital in my area. We handed out bread, coffee and played with the youngsters as part of the missions and scouts groups I have joined.
One important thing about the Chilean culture is the food, they love to eat meat! Last weekend my family had a BBQ and spent most of the time roasting four different kinds of meat in the backyard. Last night I ate my first hot dog in two years; needless to say, I have been consuming my fair share of animal.
I am sad to report that I have seen only a miniscule amount of Macs or Apple products around on this end of the planet. The only Mac was for heavy duty music equipment at a disco birthday party. There are a select few that carry around iPods to jam to but other than that most people own small MP3 players. I have been using my MacBook often, mostly iPhoto and iTunes. Tonight I am using it to watch Grease before I go to bed!