My Chilean exploits, documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Now that I’m at the end of my time in Chile, I’ve tried my best to reflect. What I’ve written here is pretty much just word vomit, me writing things as they came to mind. […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
The final 5 days! A synopsis: Saturday, David, Caroline, Noah, Anna, and I went to Temple Baha’i, very close to Parque Aguas de Ram\u00f3n. Though the temple has mostly eastern Asian roots (supposedly Buddhist), it […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
I’ve been asked by several people whether Cuban Spanish or Chilean Spanish is harder. The answer is they’re equally challenging. In Cuba, no one enunciates. In Chile, there are countless slang words, los chilenismos. Despite […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
After an incredibly indulgent weekend, we were thrust back into reality when we had a four and half hour class Monday morning, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We were mentally wrecked. Austin and I stayed […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
This weekend was so luxurious that we\u2019re still a little in disbelief. I mean, the fact that we just popped over to Argentina, and its wine country at that, is just nuts. We feel so […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
A full weekend just relaxing in Santiago was just what the doctor ordered. We’ve been running around every weekend thus far on some excursion, so we haven’t gotten to really take advantage of exploring the […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
We’ve had a mentally exhausting week, as our new course is very thought-provoking and requires lots of close, critical reading. We started late on Monday morning (11 a.m.) to recover from our flight the night […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
\u200fSan Pedro de Atacama was incredible. Absolutely beautiful views, an excellent guide, and so much activity. We could not have asked for a better block break.\u00a0 Isa had a bunch of us stay at each […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
It’s incredible that this time in a month, I’ll already be back in the states. The time has really flown here. This is just a short post before we leave as a class tomorrow at […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
An eventful weekend! Thursday night was the concert for my host sister’s band, Daniela Amaya (follow her on Instagram, @damayamusica)! Dani (Daniela) is a kinesiologist by day, musician by night. She works her day job […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Much has happened in just half a week! Where to begin… Tuesday we had our first “temblor”! Around 7:25 a.m., I woke up to my bed shaking and realized I was experiencing an earthquake. I […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
All is well down here in Santiago! Paula recently bought Roberto and I our next round of ice cream. This time it’s half “chocolate almendrado” (chocolate with nuts), half “frutas del bosque” (fruits of the […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Today we visited the Palacio de la Moneda, also known as the official center for the Chilean government. La Moneda has taken different forms over the years, has been destroyed and rebuilt various times, and […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Sunday was Easter! Paula and Roberto don’t really attend mass, though they are Catholic, so I ended up going to a service with my classmates David and Caroline in Parque Metropolitano. We took a steep […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
We’ve been here a full week! It seems like longer, though, since we’ve fallen into a routine. Friday was a day of great views and delicious food. I woke up early to meet David at […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Finally, a chance to talk about what I really want to talk about: Violeta Parra. I knew nothing of this woman prior to yesterday. Nothing. But we visited the museum dedicated to her, and I […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Paula’s roasts continue and Roberto eats lots of ice cream with me, so you could say things are going swimmingly here. Since I had very poor WiFi in Cuba, being here in Santiago with a […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
A peaceful end to the weekend before the start of Block 7. I went running in Parque Bustamante just west of my house. Paula had told me that many streets are closed off on Sundays […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Learning so much about Chilean culture and stoked about it! I went running with my dear friend Austin Martin first thing yesterday morning, after having to adjust our 7:30 meeting time – the sun doesn’t […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
Today was both incredibly eventful and not eventful at all.\u00a0I got on my connecting flight in Atlanta at 11:30 p.m. yesterday and wound up in Santiago de Chile the following morning at 9:35. The pure […]<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t
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