I got a phone today… you may all reach me at 78690441, but first you must dial 011 to get out of the US, then Chile’s country code, which is 56, then Santiago’s city code, which is 02. Also, never call without a calling card because it’s crazy-expensive otherwise. So to call:

1. Call 1800 number on the back of the intl. phone card

2. Scratch off the gunk covering the pin number and enter that

3. dial 011-56-02-7-8690441

…or just e-mail me at dudealacarte@hotmail.com That’s much easier.

Once again, everyone I met today was very helpful and nice. I hung out with Liz today… not Brandlin… Liz whose surname escapes me. I got an adaptor for my computer and a cell phone. We went to check out the San Joaquin campus, which is immense. I have Spanish class there tomorrow morning. We also went to the Oriente campus where the music institute is located. Oriente is a beautiful campus… puts Cal to shame. We met up with Paula, Katy’s exchange student from years ago. She and her boyfriend drove us to a possible apartment. It included food and laundry, but the room was tiny and didn’t have a private entrance. I told the lady that if I couldn’t find anything else I might stay there a couple months… not too polite, but honesty is just a harsh form of good manners.

I can’t figure out how to upload photos to this blog, so maybe I’ll just start a photobucket account that ya’ll can check out.