Blogs from Biobío, Chile, South America - page 5

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

After a lot of waiting, it was finally time to leave to go skiing on Thursday. We loaded up the truck and drove to Marcela's parents in Chillan. Her parents were out of town but we still go to stay at their house. When we arrived we had a little bit to eat and I had some hot milk. I went to sleep around 11 or 12. We wanted to leave for the mountains by 7:30 a.m. I woke up around 7 a.m. I ate some breakfast and got bundled up to go skiing. We didn't leave until around 8 a.m. We stopped at two gas stations, one to use the ATM and another to get gas. We were finally on our way to go skiing. I think it took about an hour or so to ... read more

Tue, Sept. 1st. Today, I woke up, had breakfast, and took the micro with Oliver to class. In class, we talked about our trip to Chillan a week from saturday. We were going to go this weekend, but some of us were going to go skiing instead. Luckily, Luz (director of the program) was able to switch dates. We also went over the "buen/bueno" and "esta/esa" concepts in class. Its nice being in class with people that you know pretty well. Like, today Lindsay helped some of us better understand the esta/esa concept. We make sure that everyone understands. Then, we got into groups and came up with a list of cultural differences that we notice. We came up with a huge list - it was a lot for just being here 2 weeks! In a ... read more

I took the collectivo to school on Wednesday. I saw the micro pass by my house as I came out the gate at 8:45. We met with Professor Luz at 9:30am to go to the police station and register our Visa's. We had to get on a bus, all 21 of us. The bus was crammed and the driver wasn't too happy because he had to give us the student rate of 150 pesos. Nothing with Professor Luz is ever easy but we still lover her. We eventually arrived at the police station. There were only 4 people working so we took turns going in. They recorded our addresses and phone numbers in Chile and they took our picture. It didn't take as long as I expected but soon everyone was through. It was only 11. ... read more

Welcome to my travel blog! I will be writing daily in this thing. I have been writing in a diary for the first week, and I realized that this would probably be a lot easier! So, enjoy! This will probably be my longest blog, but I'll try shortening it up some in the future. Tue, Aug 18 Today, I got up at 5 in the morning to be in the airport at 6! I did a lot of packing the night before, and I was pretty tired by the time morning came. I was one of the last people to check in (catie was last), but it went well. My 2 suitcases were about 46 pounds each! I probably didn't need to bring so much stuff, but after arriving, I'm kind of glad I did. Anyways, ... read more