Mercado Centro

Involvement, School, and Travel

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February 1st 2011
Since my last entry there have been no out of the ordinary occurrences, but I have come a long way. I am still cannot decide whether I am going to return home with fluency or virtually no improvement in my Spanish. As I mentioned previously sometimes I can understand almost everything and in other situations I cannot understand a single word. I am still spending a lot of time with English speakers ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more