Hi everyone! This blog entry does not fit the title of my blog obviously - I am still not in South America yet, but just got back from a long weekend in Nice a few days ago. I visited a good friend of mine who is doing one exchange year at EDHEC (business school). She lives at Promenade des Anglais which is right next to the ocean. Compared to German weather it was pretty warm there (around 13°C I think). I left Germany from Cologne-Bonn airport at around noon...

Hi everyone, I finally know the route for our field trip, so I decided to post it on here. We had a seminar for the past 2 days at uni and now know a bit more about Chile and Bolivia. Chantal and me are leaving in 18 days (yes, I'm keeping a countdown) and I'm really excited! We are first spending 2 days in Santiago de Chile to get used to life in South America and get rid of the jet lag; after that we leave for a tour to Chile's lake district "Los Lagos&...

Hi everyone! As you probably noticed from my location setting, I am not off to South America just yet. I'm not leaving before March 2, 2009 but I thought it might be a good idea to start my blog early - not sure how frequently I will be able to access the internet on the road. I am going on an excursion with my university (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, geography department) for 3 weeks and we will be covering the northern part of Chile as well as parts of Bolivia...