In addition to my "Jewish girl" thing, there's something else I've been desirous of for a very long time. I've wanted to leave the US & make a life elsewhere. This feeling has been with me since, at least, my teens, when I'd dreamt of moving to Europe.
Europe has held such promise for me for so many years that I'd never really felt any other region would really suit me. That's now changed.
A few years ago, I'd seen a documentary concerning life & the inhabitants of a town in southern Chile. I was not simply impressed by how very cosmopolitan they seemed, but that they seemed very European. So, in the back of my mind since, I've felt that Chile might be an option. But it had never seemed more than that.
Recently I'd started feeling an odd pull toward Chile. When I get such feelings, I will usually do some research on whatever is drawing my attention, but normally it simply comes to a greater knowledge of the subject. This time is different.
While there are some inconveniences; re-learning Spanish, for one, dealing with a different economy & political system, for others, I not only think that I could get past the difficulties -- fewer, I think, than those which would have presented themselves to me in Poland -- but might even take me back a little in time.
Chile isn't exactly living in the past -- made clear by all the modern conveniences so apparent there, but the people are certainly more like I remember people had once been here. I may be allergic to mercury, & many dishes in Chile are composed of sea food, but there are an abundance of other foods there as well. I may not remember much Spanish, but as Castilian is the form used there, I shouldn't have much trouble with that either.
And, as I was going to move to Poland to teach English, I really think that this would be my means of not only getting there, but also getting work & feeding myself.
Of course, I'm not in a position, financially, to make this happen any time soon. I have to pay my creditors as well as another loan I'd received from family. Then, there's paying for the classes to become certified to teach English as a foreign or second language. I could skip that, & likely find work without certification, but that would mean lower pay & fewer options.
If the Gods still love me, all these issues may work themselves out & allow me to make this move. I really think that, because Chile is such a beautiful place with good people, etc, I may finally find home. I think Chile has a very good chance of being that.
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