After last Tuesday's taxi ride, we kept a low profile on the taxi scene. I even avoided looking at the taxi drivers at the end of our street in the following days. I knew that the driver from our eventful trip was sitting there and I saw him as a harsh reminder of my inability to navigate this city with my limited Spanish. This impasse between myself and the taxis begin to fade by Friday. We ended up meeting one of the taxi drivers and spoke to him for a while (he could speak a little English). After that, the entire group of taxi drivers warmed up to us. They began to wave and say hi to us whenever we passed. Seeing there friendliness, I figured that they deserved another chance. We felt that we were ready once again to test that water. Armed with the same notecard of necessary phrases we ventured out into the streets Santiago. The difference this time was night and day. The driver understood me and even laughed at my feeble attempt at a joke. We are already looking at what our next baby step could be.
Here is a picture of us at the premiere country club in Santiago. You can see the city in the background. We met the parent association from the school but still found time to get a picture in. The second picture shows all the new teachers at the school. The last picture is us in front of a beautiful fountain at the country club.
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