Mendoza

I apologize for my lack of posts recently...

I have had the opportunity to:
-Spend afternoons reading a book at a nice park in Santiago
-Visited the national museum
-Finished my Spanish class! (definitely excited about this one)
-Attended a concert that the national symphany was offering
-Said goodbye to the Chasers in Santiago
-Took a bus to Mendoza, Argentina.

It was interesting how much they took notice that I was an American at the Chile-Argentina border. They didn´t let me cross without a bombardment of questioning. They wanted to know if I had the swine flu or any symptoms of such (the only thing is that I´ve been out of the states since early April), so I don´t think I would have had the chance to be exposed to it. From what I have heard, Chile is the first country to take extra precautions toward the Swine Flu. They have a temperature sensor that they make all US and Mexican citizens go through to check if they have a body temp above 100 (this is in the Santiago airport). We will see how it is on the way back to Santiago next week. I am currently debating whether I should head to Buenos Aires on Saturday or if I should just stay in Mendoza (this place seems like a really nice place to just chill). We will see. I hope that everyone is staying safe.