Things I'm going to miss about this place
- living in my own casita
- Chilean slang
- never having to wait for the metro
- the exchange rate
- the Chilean food I have come to appreciate: completos, manjar, alfajores, paila, palta, chirimoya
- Cerro Santa Lucía
- clubs that play nothing but reggaeton and cumbia
- street vendors
- the awesome views of the Andes
- my cute host parents
- the current summer weather -- I'm dreading the temperature shock that awaits me
- all the people and places that have become familiar to me
- being surrounded by the beautiful Spanish language all of the time
Things I'm not going to miss about this place
- the crazy cats who think they own my casita
- the lack of consistent hot water
- sticking out like a sore thumb because of my blonde hair
- having such a long commute to my university and my friends' houses
- performers on the bus who drown out the sounds of my iPod
- machismo
- the Chilean food I am sick of: cazuela, pino empanadas, lentils, rice, everything that is bland
- paying for bottled water
- being so far away from the people I love
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