Free topic - Things are more relaxed in the south

When she was 18, my mother made the decision of leaving Santiago and live away from her family. She discovered Osorno, a small city with not much to offer but with a relaxed way of living. It's funny the fact that after five years living here in Santiago I realised how toned down it's the lifestyle in the province.

My mother doesn't want to leave Osorno for any reason and I don't blame her. You get up a 7:30 AM, eat your breakfast slowly and do a 15 minute trip to your Job/School/College. At 13:00 PM it's time for the lunch break. Most people go to home to eat and even have a 30 minute nap to recover themselves and arrive to their jobs at 14:30 PM.

That dynamic it's unthinkable here in the capital because of the long distances the people have to travel from home to work plus the shorter time of the break in Santiago. People have to move faster and they don't even have time to lunch because they have to do another tasks.

People is happier in the south. The slower pace of life and the ever present green in the enviroment fits perfectly in the older people, who have spent most of their lifes running from here and there working at exhaustive schedules.