They have delicious quesadillas and burritos, as well as more "American" foods like loaded fries and hamburgers. I had a wonderful vegetarian quesadilla with mushrooms, peppers, onions, cheese, and slices of hardboiled egg, which Chileans seem to put in just about everything.
Both the metro and the city buses have many street performers. This week on my way to and from school, I heard a lot of classical violin music and some more traditional singing that reminded me of tango music in Argentina.
My friend and I went to see an exhibit on Ancient Egypt at a cultural center near La Moneda. La Moneda is where the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, and her advisors work. It's kind of like the White House (although the president doesn't live there). We were surprised that there is a public place so close to the president's workplace; the center with the exhibits was built practically underneath La Moneda!
This week I read a couple of very long articles in Spanish for my biology class about creatures called extremófilos ("extremophiles") that live in extreme environments like volcanos or glaciers or deep underwater. The word extremophile comes from extreme (obvious, I know!) and phile, which means "love" in Latin. The Spanish word extremófilo is from those same Latin roots.
