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Dream Catch Me
What a great couple of weeks! This week, I went to class, took a couple of tests, and spent the weekend relaxing with family and friends. I went to bed early a couple of nights and too late a few...
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Life is…
Study abroad forces me to ponder life on a regular basis in many different ways. I write often in this blog about how life feels amplified here. That is true. However, at the same time, I think I feel...
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head full of doubt/ road full of promise
I am falling in love. Mind you, not with a Chilean. Rather, with the Spanish language. It really is beautiful. Of course, I am still having funny conversations with my host family when I try to explain...
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“Oh I’m a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love…”
Hello everybody! I cannot believe I am approaching the second half of my time here in Chile! Time has truly flown by! This week, though, I was taken aback by a strange feeling: homesickness. I did not...
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La vida rica
Another interesting couple of weeks here in Chile!! Today is a feriado (public holiday) so everything is closed. The president is in town though! He is speaking at the National Congress building....
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the blog where i attempt to give some advice about going abroad
Last week, I went to Santiago with my program. We went to Museo de la Solidaridad/ la Fundación Salvador Allende and La Chascona, Neruda’s house in Santiago. If you read my blog regularly, I know what...
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“Now I’ve had the time of my life!”
I titled my blog with the lyrics from “(I’ve Had) the Time of my Life” because I had a gringa moment the other day when a group of us started singing this song in the middle of the street. It is one of...
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I am still learning
Less than a month left. How? How? How? It just does not seem possible. Yet… here is where I find myself. The current background on my computer says it isn’t time yet! The following link is for a...
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Done with the study… now just the abroad.
I am starting this blog just after finishing my last essay. I am done with junior year. I am done with the study part of study abroad. I am just abroad now. We have the farewell dinner tomorrow night....
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The sweetest goodbye
I believe that the best goodbyes are the hardest. Or, so I tell myself repeatedly as I get ready to leave South America on Friday. I feel like I am literally dragging myself away sometimes. I remember...
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