Tues, Oct 20 We got up pretty early, so we had breakfast and jetted to the bus station. I brought my 1 and 1/2 liter of water, figuring that it would be enough. We had about an hour till the bus came, so in the meantime we tried hitch-hiking. It didn't really work, but oh well! Half hour bus ride - we get to Toconao, and it is just deserted. Only a few people were outside, but it was just like a ghost town with nothing open. We went to where there were walls and irrigation canals built by the Incans. We then found a decent size mountain to climb. Evinm and Brad had pointed this mountain out earlier, and we decided to climb it today. Al and I decided to join because we had never ... read more

Tues, Oct 6 Today I had class from 10-12. It seems to me that every class I have been to is interesting, because I learn something every day since it's in a different language. That is one of the reasons I was always inspired to learn spanish - because it challenged me. Afterwards, I went to get my Chillean ID, and then returned home for lunch. After lunch, I talked to my brother on skype for 2 hours. That was nice. He mocked me a little bit when he made some ramen noodles; I never thought i'd miss ramen, haha :P. I also watched him play some guitar. He is getting better and better, it is cool. I hung out with my family for the rest of the day - I had dinner, we played some ... read more

Tues, Sept 22 Today, I went to class from 10-12. We worked on writing our autobiographies. After class, I returned home for lunch. I hung out for most of the day, I didn't do too much (in other words, I procrastinated in writing in my travel blog, so I forgot what happened, haha). Wed, Sept 23 Today I had class from 10-12. After We celebrated Jessica and Allison's birthday. We had cake outside the classroom and socialized. That was nice. Then, I chilled with Eric and Lindsay. We had time before out 3pm class, so we walked to the ministery building and tried to get our ID's. However, it was really full with people and there were long lines, so we walked back. We decided just to go to a bar for a while until Eric ... read more

Tues, Sept 8 Today, I headed to my 10am class. It was an easy class. We talked about the importance of letting your host parents know if something is wrong as well as being honest. Also, we analyzed certain situations in the past where a student didn't tell the host family something about them, and the host family was not too prepared to handle it. I thought most of it was common knowledge that everyone knew, but it didn't hurt bringing the topic up. We then brainstormed ideas for a 5 page essay we need to write. We are required to write an autobiography about 5 aspects about ourselves.. in spanish. Fun stuff, right? Anyways, after class, Al and I walked around and we took some pictures of the Concepcion campus. That was a fun thing ... read more

Tue, Aug 25 Today, for our 10:00 class, Jess and I went to the wrong building! Luckily, we saw everybody walk towards the engineering building so we met up with them. Class was nice -we talked about our weekends in spanish. Everyone seemed to be having a good time so far. Then, we discussed what we will be doing in the class over the semester. Afterwards, Lindsay, Brad, Hayley, Eric and I went to get some empanadas at treinta express. They are soo good.. but probably fattening as well, but I didn't care! We then chilled for a while, walked around campus, and watched some baby futbol (they play outside on what is like a small rink for floor hockey). Again, the players were intense! Then, we watched a scrimmage at an actual stadium. They are ... read more