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02/17/2010
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“Santiago va a Santiago?”- Así me preguntó una persona de la línea aérea, bromeando porque mi apellido es idéntico al nombre de la capital de Chile.  Al llegar tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer una ciudad con mucho movimiento pero que, a pesar del movimiento, es muy tranquila. Nuestros anfitriones nos compartieron el siguiente dato: es una de las ciudades más tranquilas y seguras de toda Latinoamérica. En cuánto empezamos a hacer nuestras entrevistas nos dimos cuenta de lo accesibles que son los chilenos. Las personas que íbamos encontrándonos estaban más que deseosas de compartir con nosotros sus historias. Desde el artista plástico que nos dijo que lo que más feliz le hacía era poder crear y compartir su arte; pasando por la señora (de origen humilde) que nos dijo que a falta de dinero para poder viajar trabajar en un puesto callejero le permitía conocer a personas de diversas culturas, provenientes de todo el mundo; hasta el inteligentísimo niño de dos años que, con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja, correteaba las palomas y decía: “mis cosas favoritas son las palooooomas!”.

To this sir happiness is art! He's an artist and you can see his 
paintings!

 

To this lady happiness is meeting people at her stand. She says she's 
poor and she can't afford to travel but this way she's able to meet 
people from different cultures.

 

What makes Chile a happy place to live? According to this girl Natalia 
it's because of the different seasons the country offers. As opposed 
to other South American countries Chile has four distinct seasons.

 

 


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