14 Wed March
Well getting ready to move to new apartment. Here is the link for google map: Marcoleta 462 depto 913 Santiago Centro  http://maps.google.cl/maps?q=Marcoleta+462,+Santiago&hl=es&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.443295,-70.642498&spn=0.007869,0.016512&sll=-33.443142,-70.641968&sspn=0.007869,0.016512&hnear=Marcoleta+462,+Santiago+Centro,+Santiago,+Regi%3%B3n+Metropolitana&t=m&z=17  We are still waiting word on bank wire, so please pray for us as this really causes a lot of stress for us. Other then that not much is new, the weather is starting to cool off a little. Susan is not liking this as she has really gotten use to the heat. Well I will talk to you later, drop us a note when you get the chance

¡hasta mañana

 

3 March 2012

Well didn't do much today as Susan was not feeling well. So I thought  would upload some of the pictures we had taken

11 March 2012
Well I finally got my Linksys to connect, so now I can be on the Internet too.

Well where to begin.... we thought we had a house to rent, but that fell through due to its really hard to get to your own money here. The banks here cannot help you unless you have an account, which you cannot get unless you have a residential visa. And the banks in the US think that something is up if you try to wire yourself money.

So it has been an up and down roller coaster, we have to move in two days and still look at houses. I am sure that GOD will have us find something.

Some of the things that we have learned about this adventure are:

1.      Don’t try to fly from the US with connecting flights, if that’s the case, land and clear customs and fly the next day, especially if you have dogs or kids. In our case the dogs are our kids now.

2.      Make sure that your ATM cards work and you can remember your pin number , seems “Walter” has forgotten his…

Some of the things we have learned about Chile so far

 Fire Fighters are called "Bomberos", they are volunteers. All the officers are democratically elected by the volunteers. The government does not finance specialization courses for firefighters. Instead, they have to pay for it on their own. 'Bomberos' is the name given for the firefighters in most Spanish speaking countries ('bomba' is the name of the water pumps).

Founded in 1851, Valparaíso's Fire Department is the oldest of the country. Following it are the Santiago Fire Department established in 1863 and Viña del Mar Fire Department in 1884. Now all cities have a Fire Department each of which has its own officers and companies.

I have been able to make cable in English with Spanish sub-titles on some stations; otherwise, we watch it in Spanish.

Hanna and Kobe are doing well; they seem to have adjusted to city life.  Kobe does seem to miss being the attention of people, Santiagos seem to always be somewhat in a hurry, although at times people do stop and pet them. The only real problem we have with Hanna and Kobe is keeping them clean, they always seem to get dirty.

Well try to up load more pictures

Adiós, hasta luego

02 March Friday
Spent day walking around, here are some of the pictures

Found fish market

01Thursday

We spent most of the day, coping and notarizing paperwork for resident visa.  After this was completed , we had picrures taken and then off to the post office to mail.