It might be worth it to blog a bit about the things we have noticed while out of Chile for the last month. Here are a few comments about the United States after we have been away for 18 months...

• Where are the buses?
• Drinks are so big, why do you need free refills?
• Wow! The food is so much easier to manage here. Not near as much preservatives, coloring, etc. in the packaged foods here. I can buy bread again!
• When it's cold outside, it's usually still warm inside.
• Coupons!
• Clearance sales!

Even though we have had a great time here, we still look forward to being "home" again. We knew this would happen: we spend a couple of months looking forward to a trip "home" to the States, only to spend a month here and start looking forward to being "home" in Santiago again. Oh, to know where home really was...