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The last two weeks of July were a complete blur. We never really thought that the day would come where we would actually have to say goodbye to our new family and friends, our beautiful Chile experience. It was a month full of lasts. Izzy and I took our last trip together, and at this …
After getting all settled in with our host families and figuring out our class schedules, it was time to do a little exploring. All of the international students at our university get assigned tutors to help them through the process, and honestly, I don’t know what we would have done without ours. On Thursday, the …
Arriving in Chile Finally being on a plane headed to Chile was one of the most surreal experiences I have had in my life. For two years, I have been anticipating and planning for this trip, and with COVID restrictions ever-changing, it sometimes felt like I would never arrive. But there we were, Isabel and …
[ https://vimeo.com/319071861 — Some of what I’ve eaten in the last six months condensed into one mouth-watering minute ] Simple, rich and natural are three words I’d use to describe Chilean culture, but even more specifically, the food they eat. When people ask me about Chilean culture, one of the things I think of first is the …
I’ve been back in Chile for about a month now, and to my pleasant surprise, it has been mostly like nothing’s changed. I moved houses, which has been a little bit of an adjustment; I’ve traded the wild energy of having three teen and 20-something brothers in the house everyday for a more tranquil environment …
To start off the month of July, we found ourselves in perhaps the most other-worldly place that I have visited, San Pedro de Atacama. What made this such an interesting and different experience was that the city is located in the desert of Northern Chile. Especially since we live in Washington, we’re very used to …
Early this month, I was lucky enough to welcome my boyfriend, Marques, to the country I’ve called home the past three months. He was not only excited to see me, but also to experience a new dialect of Spanish that he hadn’t encountered before. Having grown up in a Spanish-speaking household, he is fluent in …
As I write this blog, I’m sitting here thinking about how everything felt like it was moving at a million miles per hour back in March. A week would pass, but it felt like we had done a month’s worth of things. Now, Izzy and I are finding ourselves to be more independent, having now …
I’ve officially spent an entire month in Chile, but it feels like I’ve been here for so much longer. Everything is becoming more familiar. I know which streets the city bus takes to get from the school back home, I understand the dialect more and more every day, I’m training with the university’s basketball team …
My favorite Chilean word that I’ve learned so far is ¿Cachai? which essentially means, “Did you catch what I was saying?” or “Do you understand me?” If you do understand, you would respond with, “Cacho,” essentially meaning, “Yes I caught that.” For some reason, I just have a fascination with this word and love when …