this morning i went to innovo, and guess what? ….yes, yet another meeting. every meeting results in another meeting — it’s so frustrating. this afternoon i hiked up san cristobal with two belgians i met at the hostel. belgium is an interesting country. recently, they went for several months without a president…because he couldn’t get along with the french side of belgium. although they house the EU parliament, one week per month, the entire administration moves to germany. belgium (in fact, their town) is home to stella….which is now the largest brewery in the world (they’ve bought up quite a few other brands, even in the us). belgium’s been taken over a dozen times. a while ago, the german part of belgium had a vote to leave belgium and rejoin germany….the resolution was a huge success..but the germans didn’t want them (i think it was the german side…but may have been the french side)

the hill was pretty nice, although the sunset was nicer after the storm then tonight. afterwards, we hung out at a bar in bellavista. it was fun until some chilean guy asked if he could join us to practice his english. he seemed nice enough, so we said yes….but he turned out to be insanely annoying. so bad, that we eventually just got up and left him at the table. surprising as it may sound, even in chile, if some stranger asks to join you, he may be a little bit off and lack social skills.