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While visiting in Santiago, I learned that a Nanny is someone who helps to watch your children. But this could also be the name of someone who comes once a week to clean your house, as well as the woman who helps to do your ironing weekly. I was surprised that all these different people were considered a "Nanny". I learned this when I visited my son's family in Chile. I don't know if it is just this household that uses the title generally, but I found it was interesting...and confusing at times.
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 Onces with a view by TheWanderingCamel
Something akin to an English tea - bread and cheese, fruit preserves, maybe ham or avocado and something sweet like cookies or cake is always served at home along with tea or coffee.. For a special treat, there'll be a visit to a salon de the or a smart hotel for elaborate tortes and pastries. With dinner not eaten untl 9 or even later, onces are the way to fill the gap between lunch at 1 and the late dinner hour.
If you want to eat the Chilean way, you can't miss this daily ritual - and it does mean you'll be able to delay dinner until late rather than eating in empty restaurants. You can always pick the tourists in countries with a Spanish past - they're the only ones in restaurants before 9 o'clock.
This is an important part of the day in family life - an invitation to onces in someone's home is a great honour. Leave a Comment
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 Time by Aquamantos
- If someone tells you " Ok, let's meet at 9" then they'll arrive at 9:30 or maybe at 10.
- If someone, after a meeting tells you "ok, I'll call you later", do not expect any call, people say that just like an expression (?) but they don't really mean what they say.
Of course that like everywhere, there are exceptions.... Leave a Comment
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 Detail of "Mareazul" by
Aquamantos, Chile. by Aquamantos
People is very friendly here.
If you don't speak any Spanish it can be difficult at times, but nothing too terrible.
Of course that Important Hotels, Restaurants and Travel Agencies work with bilingual people. Leave a Comment
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 Detail of "Un paseo" by
Aquamantos, Chile. by Aquamantos
They also close very late.....or early? he he he, during summer, night clubs can easily close at 6am.....so take a nap before going out!!!!!!!!!!!. Leave a Comment
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 Buying fruit by kyoub
They can be found on the corner of most busy streets.
In the spring they have the most delicious cherries that you have ever eaten.
I would go back to Chile if for no other reason than to be able to eat some of their fresh fruit. Leave a Comment
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 One of my chilean friends,
Omar. He is very "mino" by elsadran
Try some of them ! I learned them in the south but I think they are used all over the country.
Bacan = cool!
cachai? = get it?
altiro = right away !
carrete = party
copete = booze
condoro = mistake
Luca = 1000 pesos
Quina = 500 pesos
Gamba = 100 pesos
ene = a lot
mino = nice guy/ girl
tuto = feel asleep
pucha = (exclamation expressing extreme sorrow or discomfort)
curado = drunk, boracho
jote = flirting with a woman
guata = a big stomach
guagua = baby
ni ahi = I don't care
pololo/polola = boyfriend/girlfriend
pastel = stupid person
no se ni papa=I know absolutely nothing
( hey! Chileans ! if I have made a mistake please correct me. )
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 ...ten of them can move the
...Earth ! by elsadran
It brings another picture in my memories..When I booked a room with wonderful view on the river ! Two days later I woke up facing ,to my disappointment, absolutely no view at all. The whole village had come up the previous day and helped them build a ..two storey brand new house in two -three days !!! It was a "Minga" in Laos.
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 Hetty's first 'pisco' ever by vtveen
Visiting the country we ‘had’ to try this national drink. Our first pisco was a ‘pisco pure’ during a very cold boat trip on the Fiordo Ultima Esparanza in Chilean Patagonia. And believe me, in spite of the piece of glacier ice in our glass, after a pisco we felt a lot warmer !!
The second was a ‘pisco sour’, just the way it should be as an aperitif. The last one was a bottle of pisco for home, which reminded us to our Chilean holiday. Leave a Comment
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 Late dining by kyoub
Dinner is more of a social event in South America and they like to eat later.
The restaurants as a general rule do not open for dinner before 8pm. If they have an early crowd you can bet they are all tourists. Leave a Comment
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