One Month Anniversary

 We arrived in Viña del Mar on Sep 2, so this is the one-month anniversary of our arrival. It goes fast and slow at the same time. 

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October is Halloween month. Though Halloween is mostly an American phenomenon, in Spain it was an increasingly popular holiday in the younger population while the older population viewed it as yet another American cultural intrusion.

I guess the Halloween cultural exports go to Chile literally

While there aren't any children in our building, but a little Internet inquiring indicates that kids go door-to-door here on Halloween too. The phrase in Spanish is: ¿Dulce o travesura? It'll be interesting to watch. I can see why it might irk people to have Halloween here. Seeing KFC, Chuck E Cheese, McDonald's, Burger King, Papa Johns etc, everywhere, you might hope for a break from the US influence.

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Today was another quiet day. After a morning run, I mostly worked all day. It clouded up and rained a bit this afternoon. Without the sun, the flat gets a bit chilly. Without heat, I got a bit chilly too. I wore my coat in the house most of the afternoon.

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There was enough clearing in the west to see the sunset, so here's the obligatory sunset photo: