ñiou = meow
During orientation in Santiago back in February (wow. February. that feels like year ago!) they told us not to be surprised or offended if we got lots of catcalls. They're typical in Chile, apparently. Excluding when passing construction sites, I never really noticed any cat calls until last Saturday. Me oh my. Wowzers. Did we ever get cat calls and compliments!
Ariana and I were walking to the fruit market a few blocks from our house to buy some bananas for our delicious bananafrio (see post below!). As it was an unusually warm sunny day, she was wearing a lovely sun dress. I still blame her beauty and this dress for all the attention we received :p
1st encounter: Two rather dirty looking fellas on the other side of a low wall we were walking along. The one peeked his head up and said "ayy mi amor, venga por aca!" or "ohh, my love, come over here!"
2nd encounter: Two older men sitting at the entrance to the market. One said to the other: quieres la rubia o la morena? The response: la morena. This is why I consider Ariana the cause of all this attention. I was in jeans and a t-shirt. side note. I am not blond.
3rd encounter: The guy from whom we bought our bananas (note the excellent English grammar there. I have to point it out when I get it right so I don't feel so helpless when I get it wrong in Spanish all the time.) asked if all the girls in our country were as beautiful and kind as we were. "Si, todas," we told him.
This list does not include the whistles or stares. And, with the exception of the banana man, we didn't acknowledge any of these comments--of course.
Just another part of the culture, I guess :)
During orientation in Santiago back in February (wow. February. that feels like year ago!) they told us not to be surprised or offended if we got lots of catcalls. They're typical in Chile, apparently. Excluding when passing construction sites, I never really noticed any cat calls until last Saturday. Me oh my. Wowzers. Did we ever get cat calls and compliments!
Ariana and I were walking to the fruit market a few blocks from our house to buy some bananas for our delicious bananafrio (see post below!). As it was an unusually warm sunny day, she was wearing a lovely sun dress. I still blame her beauty and this dress for all the attention we received :p
1st encounter: Two rather dirty looking fellas on the other side of a low wall we were walking along. The one peeked his head up and said "ayy mi amor, venga por aca!" or "ohh, my love, come over here!"
2nd encounter: Two older men sitting at the entrance to the market. One said to the other: quieres la rubia o la morena? The response: la morena. This is why I consider Ariana the cause of all this attention. I was in jeans and a t-shirt. side note. I am not blond.
3rd encounter: The guy from whom we bought our bananas (note the excellent English grammar there. I have to point it out when I get it right so I don't feel so helpless when I get it wrong in Spanish all the time.) asked if all the girls in our country were as beautiful and kind as we were. "Si, todas," we told him.
This list does not include the whistles or stares. And, with the exception of the banana man, we didn't acknowledge any of these comments--of course.
Just another part of the culture, I guess :)
hahahahahaaha!!! love it! and no, you most definitely are not blonde. and neither am i. period.
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