do I like Santiago

Yes, I like Santiago alot. The city isn´t crazy overcrowded, the traffic from what I can tell is reasonable, the weather is good and the people are nice too. It is a modern european style city ... I say european because the sidewalks are so wide. You could drive two cars parallel down the sidewalks.

I would actually be ok just hanging around Santiago for a few more weeks. There is lots to do and can be done easily. The neighbourhood I am living in is super nice (Providencia cerca de la estacion Los Leones). Lots of green trees, small stores jam packed open from about 10 am to 9pm every day.

School wise I am losing my focus as my classes end. Some sort of immersion would be necessary for me to improve or get to the level of fluency I would like. I don´t see that happening though as I expect that when I do the hikes, inevitably english will be used. But whatever. Travel or visiting a place is never as immersive say as living there and I can´t morph lives anytime I get off a plane. Do what I can, and not fret.

Fret Fret....