What to do when your in Santiago

If you ever find yourself in this great city, you should definitely visit Cerro Sta. Lucía, Cerro San Cristobal, Palacio La Moneda, the Cathedral and the Pre-Columbian Museum.
In Cerro Sta. Lucía you must see the magnificent ancient architecture and the wonderful view you get from the viewing-point where you can see the city almost over the buildings, it is amazing! And in the Cerro San Cristobal you can go up in the “little eggs” that are cable cars and it is a great experience. In that same place there is a zoo, where you can see a tiger, a polar bear and the recently brought, lions.
The most important building of the city is Palacio La Moneda, located in front of Alameda Avenue between Teatinos and Morandé streets. It is the government palace where the president makes important decisions and where foreign politicians go to meetings with Ms. Michelle Bachelet our first female president.
Another place you should visit is the Cathedral, located one side of Plaza de Armas. It was built at the beginnings of 1900’s, and it is the place where the hearts of the heroes of Battle of Concepción are guarded and some aristocrats were buried there. It has a beautiful design and as you walk through it, you can feel the weight of history above your head and under your feet.
And finally, another place you must see is the Pre-Columbian Museum, where pre-Columbian art is exhibit there, such as diaguita culture, mapuche culture and others, so if you like Archaeology you must definitely visit it.

What's my addiction?

I think my addiction is facebook. I constantly need to check it, because I get informed of what’s going on in my region in this way, oh! And Twitter too. Besides, that is practically the only way that I have to communicate with my friends of Punta Arenas, because it’s cheaper and faster than other ways. It affects my life in a way that I get a little desperate when I don’t see it in a few days; I need to check it almost every day, and I feel disconnected when too many days goes by without me seeing it. My life before facebook was a little less fun than what it is right now, because through facebook we make a lot of jokes between my friends and we can see pictures and post our comments and watch videos that we make, it is really fun!

I think I can beat my addiction, because it is not that intense and I have been a lot of days (two weeks) without checking facebook, so it is not that serious, in my case at least. I guess it will get better when I get home because I won’t need to communicate with my friends from there, but maybe I’ll need to do it with the ones in Santiago.

I think other people should avoid this addiction in particular, because it will make you anxious and keep you dependent to the site. But on the other hand, it is not that terrible, so if you feel that you are going addicted to it, don’t worry that much; but if you are leaving some things a side to be on facebook, then you have to worry.