School really picked up the past few weeks. I had a presentation with three friends in my program on the Mayas for Literature-Oct 28th. I had to explain the Mayan Calender and its functions, some physics and math all in spanish.. certainly not very easy but it went very well. We presented for the entire class period of 1 hr 30 minutes in a large auditorium.The weekend prior (Oct23rd-Oct 26th) was pretty mellow but went to a bbq with a urugain family friend of m...

There was some warning in the last entry I might be busy to write for awhile.. I think it has been about a month since I've written, WAY over due. Sorry! The problem is that I have my own journal in english and two spanish journals for school to keep up with. Catch up time.... Thursday October 16th- Left with three girls in my program south to Puerto Montt. We saw a beautiful sunset from the bus window while we passed Volcan Osorno. We met some local cops and...

My time here keeps flying by with three day school weeks and travel weekends! I cannot believe I've been here close to 2 months already, but then I think back on how much my spanish and world perspectives have progressed and it's not hard to recognize anymore. Students in my program have been asking one another hillarious questions from being out of the english realm for so long.. 'what's the past tense of bike ride?' not kidding. I've never slept so soundly an...

You'll have to excuse my english for my mind is becoming a bit boggled between spanish and english, my spelling and thoughts are getting confused between the two languages! Wednesday night of September 17th I returned from Bariloche basically to switch bags for another trip. My host family and I left early Thursday morning. We packed food and stopped periodically to eat and stretch. We walked around "Saltas del Laja" where we saw a spectacular wate...

My third week in Valdivia was pretty rushed after getting back from Pucon and getting ready for Bariloche-Patagonia-Argentina. Mid-week there was a soccer game between Chile and Colombia that we watched in a pub, Chile won 4 to 0 & we enjoyed hearing the "Chi Chi Chi le le le, VIVA CHI-LE" "Chi-i-Chi-le-vi-va-Chi-le" chant throughout the game. A man asked if we were from the US and told us he had a friend in the states and asked if we kn...