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We just got back from a great weekend trip today. We were trying to leave on Wednesday but we encountered several problems with travel and basically with lots of luck were able to leave on Thursday night. On Wednesday night I went out with my host sister Lya and Liz to her friend’s house then to a discoteca—apparently she knows people because we got VIP passes and just cut an extremely long line. It was really fun and an extremely late night. Woke up the next morning and had a little breakfast then went on an awesome bike ride along the bike path that hugs the cliffs (really similar to cliff walk in Newport but instead of mansions skyscrapers). It was PERFECT weather and I got to see a lot of the nicer parts of Viña ... read more

We've been in Santiago since Wednesday and are getting ready to head out to Valparaiso today to meet our host families and settle in before classes' orientation begins tomorrow. On the way down I had a layover in Lima Peru which is about the nicest airport I have ever been in. Absolutely nobody spoke English but it was about 4am so I wasn't too concerned with that since a majority of the signs were English and Spanish and you could actually pay with U.S. dollars. This was all not the case at all once you get into Santiago. In Santiago everything is only in Spanish and you certainly cannot use U.S. dollars other then to pay for your 131$ entry fee into the country which you must have in cash. What they don't tell you is ... read more