Transantiago and public transportation

I am from another city, so i don't know if Transantiago is a better system than the previous; i don't know either how it has changed from when it started to the current days, but based in my recent experience, i think is relatively good. I haven't had a bad ride in it, so i don't consider it that bad. But of course it needs improvements, it has a long way to go. First of all, we need more buses and to fix the old ones, because they are very deteriorated and, besides that, and more important of all i think authorities should worry and destine more money to regions because Santiago isn’t Chile!
For example, in Punta Arenas the buses are disappearing, because they are SO old and the service is SO bad that people are not using it anymore, only students use it because it’s free, so is a vicious circle because buses are not generating profits to improve them and because of that, people are not using them.
Politicians should talk about this subject instead of promising bonus. And also a VERY important matter: not to think always in Santiago and the Metropolitan Region; other cities DO exist in this country and they are practically forgotten all the time and left a side so the great Santiago can have his transport problem solved and nobody even cares about the regions.That is one of the greatest problems our country needs to solve.

I dream of visiting Greece

Because of my archaeological interest, i would like very much to visit Greece and the Greek islands so i can see the great monuments such as the Partenon and the Erecteion. It has been my dream since i first began to interest in archaeology. I think that Greece is one of the most important center of knowledge and archaeologic importance, so for that reason is the first on my “countries to visit” list.
I would like to make a tour through the islands, For example the Delfos Island where in the mythical play of Sófocles, Edipo goes to see the Delfos oracle, it would be a mystic experience certainly.
Another place i would really like to visit in that country is the Spartan ruins, it has intrigued me for a long time their way of life and upbringing, and their history of war. And i think that if i go there; to the place where it all happened, i will get a better perspective of what really happened there. About this, i’d like to visit the places where the Persian Wars took place, such as Marathon, The Termópilas and Platea. That would definitively rock!
Beside Greece, i think i would visit Mexico, to see all the Aztecs and Maya ruins. I love it.

A new begginig =)

This year i've had to face all kind of obstacles, from living with a new family to adapt my self to the university sistem. It has been a dificult period in my life, but i've achieved a great number of goals while being here.

A little information about me to begin: i come from a city that's located way south in this country, in the area known as Patagonia, wich means "land of Patagones (big-foot)" there i live only with my mother, so coming here was a big decision to make and it meant an enormous change for both of us.

Here in Santiago, i live with a woman and her son in an apartment 3 blocks away from the campus. I kind of like it there, but sometimes the kid irritates me so much that i feel like i want to escape from that house. Anyway, i'm moving out next year.

The other problem that i had here and probably the most important was the search for new friends.
At the beggining of the semester i felt so alone, because i didn't know anyone. All of my closest friend stayed in Punta Arenas (my home city) or went to other cities, so i came here all alone, i didn't even have relatives here. But someone took a very important role in that moment, he helped me when i was low and cheered me up when i was sad, so i'm very grateful to him and i'm very fond of him.

I took the chance and risk it all to persue my dream and i must confess that i didn't even have financing, the terrible sistem that grants scholarships didn't give me anything, so i had absolutely no idea how was i going to pay for my studies, but i came anyway, because i belived that something would come up and save me, i just had faith that i would achieve what i wanted. Now that i think about it, it was very bold and risky, but it was worth it, definitively worth it.

I've found some wonderful people here that are now my closest friends, and the city isn't so bad, i can get used to it. At the moment everything is ok, i like my degree, my friends, the city and my new life in general. But of course, i still miss my old city and all of my friends who stayed there, so i hope anxiously to return at summer.