a world of sport

The sport is a very important activity that all we should practice. In my general experience all my life I have been very close to this issue principally because my father is a sport teacher. I used to practice a lot of sport when I lived in Temuco like swimming; atheism; volleyball and basketball, now here in Santiago I don’t have enough time to practice all the spot that I would like to but I do some jogging to relax and for being in shape. Doing sport is a very healthy activity so I always say to my friends if they want to run with me but they don’t have much time to go out. Some of my classmates go to the university gym I think that is a very food initiative. The most of the people that I know do some kind of sport but if I have the opportunity to meet someone who don’t practice any sport I probably would say “if you want to feel better do sport and remember the sentence healthy mind in a healthy body”.

In the general context that we are inserting as a nation we are very lazy, the most of the people don’t do anything to have a good and healthy body. That is maybe the government has no put attention to this issue or the money that they invest is not enough to effort the sport programs. But the most important in that we have to change our cultural thinking about sport which is the beginning to make conscience about the importance of doing sports.

The rodeo for me is not a sport, is a cruel activity that should to be eradicated. I know that is part of our culture as Chileans but is to aggressive and sad that I can imagine doing an Olympic of “rodeo a la chilena”. Another kind of sport that is very awful is the bulls running in Spain. It’s just about killing and humiliating animals, in my perspective that can’t be considerate as a sport.

Santiago a place to remember

Santiago in the main city of Chile. I live here since 2007 and in my opinion I believe that is a very interesting city perhaps it has some bad things. If you are a tourist and come here I would told him that a very good place to visit is the Santa Lucia Hill, it’s a very typical place but I just love it and from the top you can get a very good view of all the city. Another place to visit would be the Quinta Normal park and go there to the Natural History Museum or to the Ferry Museum. If you want to have a good time with your friends you can go to the Pio Nono street and walk around the “barrio Bellavista” , there is a lot of places to dance or drink. If is your firs time in Chile take the Transantiago would be a very interesting experience.

Places and activities to do in Santiago.

The government palace: the government palace is a very good place to visit if you are a tourist, you can get inside and see it. Under the palace there is cultural museum and the best of all is that is free.
The main square: there you can visit the cathedral, the national history museum and the principal postal office, all very beautiful buildings. The main square is in the meddle of the down town so you can do some shopping.
Tha Pablo Neruda`s Houses: if you come to Santiago you can visit the places where the famous poet Pablo Neruda used to live. All the houses are a very cultural buildings and have a lot of history between their walls.
The Zoo: The Metropolitan Zoo is located in the San Cristobal Hill, is very beautiful place to the animals and share with you family and you can walk around the hill that is a very beautiful park as well.
The Yungay Neighbourhood : if you want to see a very nice place you can go to the Yungay neighbourhood. It is in the down town and is very popular for their beautiful and paint full old houses and castles.

Transantiago ¿is it that bad?

The Transantiago public transportation system in my perspective is better than the last transportation system. The buses are bigger and contribute to decrease the pollution in the city, another good thing that is very different is the mode to pay, using the card “bip” is very convenient and faster than the old system. If I would to say something bad against the transantiago could be about the frequency of the buses some times there is no buses at the street and suddenly you see pas three of four busses at the same time that only shows the bad direction and management of the program but the problem is not of the system by itself, the people who manage the program.
When the program started I didn’t live here in Santiago so I really don’t know how it was but now I can say that I like it, of course that when I have to wait half and hour waiting for the bus or when I take the metro and it’s full of people i got mad but I will not contribute to improve the system if I just compels. I would apply for make it a better public transportation a GPS system that could help to control the frequency of the buses and also create a education program for the people that way they will learn about how use Transantiago in the best form.

traveling arround the world

The country that I really would like to visit is Italy! Because is very beautiful and I’ve heard the people there is very nice and the culture is amazing. Actually I like all the European countries so I think that any country there is good for me but anyway Italy is the best one. I don’t know to much about Italy just some history about Rome and then when they were part in the second world war, but that’s not the most important for me If I go there I want to know the people, I don’t want to be a tourist, I would like to be part of them. The most that I like to see is the arquitecture and the museums, walking by the street and go to the restaurant and ask for some “spaguetti”. If I have the opportunity to visit Italy I definitely would go to Rome and see the Vatican City and then go to the Coliseum and the Pizza tower. One of my biggest dreams in my life is to live in Italy and be a farmer in the country side and live in a Mediterranean house near to the coast. I even can imagine myself walking through wheat fields