Chileen in Chile

Hello loyal followers! We have gotten past the 4 month mark! I apologize once again for my now quite predictable skip of last week's post as I was frazzled with a final paper. But goodness me oh my, the past 14 days have been some of my absolute favorites of this entire adventure. I went to the absolute north of colonial Chile (La Serena) and I went down down to the southern most point I have ever been (Pucón). I sat on a nature reserve island where the water was only for the animals and birds would come stand on you if you had any source of fresh water. And I stood below an active, steamy volcano that erupted the year I graduated high school. Oh and 2/3 of my classes finished. My host mom got her car stollen because NOTHING in her life seems to be working out right now, and I fell asleep in another movie we went to as a class. But summaries are no fun! Let's jump right in shall we?! I last left you following our trip to Buenos Aires. Four days after we flew back across th...

I am back from my last international journey while abroad. How crazy is THAT to say. Luckily I am in a country that is so gosh darn ecologically diverse that I still have plenty of traveling to do without even crossing a border (including a 4 day program trip this weekend to La Serena!) For the past five days, I have been frolicking around Buenos Aires. Due to the Aerolineas Argentinas strike on Tuesday, our flights ended up getting moved to Wednesday... but not at the same time. So for the first time, I flew internationally alone. Even though it is only a two hour and very casual flight from Santiago to BA, I felt like I checked off a big Abroad Bucket List ™  item. But even more, I had about ten hours to explore this new city on my own. Find the hostel on my own. Get completely overcharged by a cab driver on my own. Set my own pace as I meandered through the tree lined side streets and peaked into cafes that felt like Paris on my own. Pick up a paper map at the front desk of t...