this morning i woke up to rain…there’s supposed to be a storm for the next few days here. not wanting to get soaked, nor wishing to do nothing, i drove around for a bit. it’s nice having the luxury of a car. i first went to the bakery and picked up about $8 worth of bread (1 pepper loaf, 1 olive loaf, 1 cereal loaf, 1 croissant and 2 smaller rolls) — no, i didn’t eat it all…but yes, i did eat most of it already. then, i randomly found a cool art museum. the ralli museum has very nice pieces of art, is pretty sizeable, encourages photography/filming of the museum and is completely free. it’s a bit out of the way (car required), but i enjoyed it more than many of the other art museums i’ve seen. the same organization also has museums in uruguay, israel and spain. from there, i headed up into the nearby hills…where there are some very nice houses (kinda like the woodside of santiago). it was cool seeing some other sides to santiago. finally, i returned back to the hostel and watched some world cup qualifier games.

i was hoping to go see the chile vs. venezuela game live tonight with some folks from the hostel (they’re playing here), but the rain kinda turned us off. instead, i went to watch the Symphonic Orchestra of Chile perform nearby. One cool thing about traveling, especially in a place like Chile, is that it’s easy to experience stuff that i wouldn’t back home. it’s partly because at home, you fall into a routine, but also because certain things are quite cheap here. for instance, the seats at the concert ranged from $8 to $15. granted the orchestra is probably not as good as San Francisco’s, but it was easily worth more than what i paid.