brief

only a few minutes this morning before we take off for a little repair project at one of our institutions... a few interesting things about chile:

- they clean the sidewalks (brush the trash/leaves away) with big palm branches
- the food is generally pretty bland (lots of rice/pasta)
- they add "po" to everything and it has no meaning, e.g., sipo, nopo, yapo
- they do not drink coffee, they drink nescafe (aaaahhhh!!!)

i start work on monday, that's when i'll learn how to drive... ha ha ha. please, cross your fingers for me!