This week was pretty relaxed. After I registered for classes on Monday and toured Adolfo Ibanez, I had no other obligations this week! My school is very close to my house; it's about a 10 minute walk. It's a very small university with only two main buildings with classes. I am taking 4 classes; one in English and three in Spanish. I am totally freaking out! The classes I am taking in Spanish are with Chilean students, which mean that the professors won't speak ...

Wellll…. I finished up my Intensive Month on Wednesday the 23rd. It went really well and I loved both of my classes. In my first class, Chilean Conversation and Culture, we learned all about Chilean history, music and even took tours around Valpo for class. It was all really relevant information and pretty much everything you need to know if you come to Chile. The other class we took was just a grammar class that was a review of all verb tenses among other th...

This weekend was amazing. On Friday my family and I set out for Olmue, Chile. Olmue is about an hour north of Viña, in "el campo" or the countryside. On Wednesday it was my Chilean dad, Julian's birthday and then Thursday was Anibal's 10th birthday so we went to the countryside to celebrate. The weekend started off with a small interruption. About 20 minutes down the road Leon (2 years old) vomited in the car because he was carsick. So… we had to...

Yesterday I went to Concón with my Chilean family. Concón is about 20 minutes North of Viña del Mar. We first climbed the sand dunes and looked at the spectacular view of the coast. We then went into the town to walk on the beaches. They have a lot of popular beaches. The kids and I walked around and looked at all the shops. We played, "pinta" (which is like tag) as well. We ended up getting empanadas to end the trip, very delicious! You can pretty...

I was really indecisive about whether or not I wanted to do a travel blog. After it was requested I decided that I would go ahead and do one. So here goes.... This is my third day living in Viña del Mar, Chile. It has been a rollercoaster to say the very least. Leaving my family was hard, just as expected. I left on Sunday, January 30th out of Denver and flew to Dallas for a few hour layover. Luckily, a girl from the program was on my flight, which made travel ...