Santiago Old and New

This is the city we live in. That's the Andes in the back ground. We live in Providencia. Our home is about in the middle of this picture. It is a city of more than 5 million people. Some parts of Santiago are very new and others areas are over 200 years old. We live in a newer area and work at the employment center which is in an area about 200-300 years old.
This is the city hall of Providenica. It is just 3 blocks from our apartment.
This is the San Franciso church. It is the oldest church in Santiago. The church was builded in 1650. The rest of my pictures around this church never turned out. AS this wthe outing when that my camera was stolen. That is a whole another story.
I love this church. It is down town. Notice the cobble stone street.
How about this for old and new. The old church is right in front of the new high rise. This is how much of Santiago is. As the old building fall down newer ones are being build. They even put heat and AC is some of them. Where the employment center is in Republica all the building are about 200-300 years old and still very beautiful. Santiago is a beautiful city with lots of history here.

EATING OUT IN CHILE

This is where Melissa and all the missionaries eat out on their missions in Chile. You can buy a COMPLETO on the street real cheap. They are hot dogs with tomatoes, avoado, mustard, mayo, and etc. on them. They are real good. If you are a real Chilean you can eat them without spilling a crumb. I can't do that yet.

This is what the old missionaries eat when they eat out.
It is as good as it looks. Dad's is the first one and mine is the second one. This place is real close to where we live. Who ever comes to see us. We will take you to this place to eat.

Shopping

Dad unloading the Lider's shopping cart into our cart. We use our cart when we need to buy stuff that is too heavy to carry 7 blocks home. Like milk, sugar, flour, potatoes and etc.
Dad pulling the cart. I have the bread and eggs. I don't want my bread smashed or my eggs broken.
This is how you buy your spices, baking powder, and many other things. Only in small amounts, too. The Or'egano is in a large package. They use lots of it in their cooking.

Many of the other things are bought in bags or boxes. You can buy a few things in cans. But cans are heavy to carry. I like bags better. Milk comes in boxes or bags. At first I didn't like the bags. But now I do. Look!! I can get mayo out of a bag and I don't have it all over my hand and knife. I have gotten so I really like the bags.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOTHERS OUT THERE.
They celebrate Mother's Day here in Chile, too. The primary children sang in sacrament meeting, too. The talks were all on Mother's too. Flowers were for sale everywhere for mothers.

FERIE

Saturday morning Sister Snow and Dennis checking out the Ferie. This is an open air market, where the farmers brings their fruits and veggies to sell. It will be at a different place every day of the week. You never know what you will find besides the fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, cheese, empanadas, used clothes and almost anything you want to buy. Ours is a small one only a block long on one side of the street. This is the closest one to us. It is open from9-3 every Saturday morning.
This is my ferie bag. You need to take your own bag to put all your purchases in. Aleca now I have a new one to take too. We had both bags with us. I can't buy too much because you have to carry it all home. No potatoes they are too heavy. We take the bus there and back. So one bag full is all I can buy. When it gets heavy I stop.
The best squash or pumpkin ever. It is cheap, too. There is a hack saw in the top of the whole squash that is used to saw squash up in small pieces. This is wonderful in soups. Or just cook it and put butter on top of it. We use it to make pumpkin pies, too. I love it. I buy it every week. You can buy it year around. I have some seeds to bring home and try to grow my own.
This is sea weed tied in bunches. I don't buy this. I tastes just like it looks. BAD
These are some on the veggies I bought on Saturday. Those short fat carrots are delicious and sweet and wonderful. I buy these all the time. The radish in the back are as big as the tomatoes I bought. I bought one basil plant. The corn looks good but it is what we call field corn. I bought it for soup and to make pastel de choclo ( a casserole with corn on top.) I like it and I want to learn how to make it.