My parents left on Tuesday night. The last few days with them were much more enjoyable than the first few... mainly because we weren't dealing with r…

On Wednesday morning, my parents flew into Santiago. I met up with them at their hotel and soon thereafter we left to find somewhere to eat lunch. My…

This past week was fairly uneventful. I didn't have any schoolwork due, and I just hung out with friends on the weekend. Friday night we went to kara…

I am in my apartment and (mostly) settled. I love my new roommate, she is the best! I had my first test on Wednesday which was a little stressful, an…

This past weekend has, and will continue to be, quite busy-my weekends last til Tuesday(no monday classes). I went to a friends birthday party on Thu…

In this entry I'm going to try to explain all of the typical Chilean foods that I can come up with. I labeled this as entry #1, since I'm sure …

This past week I finally got homesick. On top of that, the schoolwork is starting to get tough. I had a bit of a misunderstanding about when som…

Hello all! I hope you had a happy Easter. Sorry I have been slow to update my blog. I have been having to work a little harder than usual in classes(…

Ok...so I can't say that I have anything all too interesting to write about this time. All I have been doing is going to class this week. Oh, and I f…

So yesterday, I only had plans to run a few errands since I had no class, but it is amazing how without having any plans, your day is suddenly packed…

This should technically be split up into two entries, but I have been busy and didn't have time to post. SORRY!PICHILEMU:On Friday Claire mentioned t…

So I started the week off in a bit of a rut. I was feeling a little down (for various reasons) and the fact that I had a presentation Wednesday, a …

Thanks to everyone for my congratulations and my award! I was so excited!So after the day of hiking to the river and back, what did I do??? Go hi…

A few of the aussies(and new zealanders) and I had plans to go to the public pool nearby my house yesterday, until I found out that it was only 3ft d…

I think I owe an apology to all avid readers, since it has been a week since I last posted an entry. Where to start...Last Weekend:All of my classmat…

¡Feliz Día del Amor a todos! As I have only been in the country 6 days I have no Chilean valentine (Mom you can be happy about this), but I figured…

Today I started my intensive spanish course to prepare for the upcoming semester. It was me and 29 other extranjeros(foreigners). All from various …

My host family has treated me very well so far, and we are getting along well. Yesterday, I napped on and off all day. In the evening, my host pare…

As I stood at the gate, I realized that I'm on my own from here. Last time I had a group of fifteen people boarding the plane with me. I can alread…