As I mentioned, I am studying abroad in Chile this semester. Here's what I've been up to and where I've been since getting here ~2.5 weeks ago.
February 27
The entire group of students studying with the Middlebury program went to a retreat in the Andes, Termas El Corazón, for a few days of orientation.
February 28
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| lil bubs |
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| decided to make use of a snatch of free time and wander around |
March 3
Skipped a couple days, but after a six-hour bus ride from Santiago to Concepción, I finally arrived at my host family's house, and the weekend was pretty chill.
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| this cutie's named Odie (after the dog from Garfield) |
March 4
Monday (the 4th) I met my cultural coordinator and took a tour of the university campus for the first time.
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| el campanil |
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| Laguna Los Patos (Duck Lake) |
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| looking towards the library |
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| "el plato" (because it's round like a plate) |
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| the department where I'll be studying... mostly (forestry science) |
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| "don't eat animals. they're friends, not food" (I didn't write this, it was already there) |
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| statue in la Plaza de la Independencia |
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| el barrio Torreones (the neighborhood where I'm living) |
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| my host family's house |
March 5
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| el arco (the arch - pretty iconic) |
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| in the International Relations office to register with the school |
March 6
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| el Registro Civil... yay, boring legal and logistical stuff |
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| (I'm sure I don't need to translate this one) |
March 8
Friday, my cultural coordinator, Elízabeth, took me to a beach called Lenga. (Woo, beach day!)
March 9
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| the symphonic orchestra's first concert of the season |
March 10
Then my family took me out on Sunday for another beach day, this time to Dichato. (So many beaches!)
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| LtoR: host sis, host grandma, host mom, host dad |
I also have a host brother, who did not accompany us to the beach. Additionally, I should mention that the grandmother does not live with us, but she lives close by in the city and spends the day with us on the weekends (Saturday and/or Sunday).
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| last remnant of a house lost in the earthquake/tsunami of 2010 (look at my host dad's smirk) |
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| madre e hija (mother and daughter) |
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| hija y madre |
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| yeah... didn't go into the water here |
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| (they're to the far left) |
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| "greetings from Dichato" |
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| hija y padre |
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| dined at a beachside restaurant |
March 11
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| the start of a week of orientation stuff |
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| street dogs - I guess they're campus dogs, more accurately |
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| tour with the international students group |
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| terrible quality, but you can kinda tell those are cliffs...? |
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| one of the OG dogs that started following our group |
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| stairs to the env. science dept... yep, it's up a frickin' steep hill |
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| wandering to prove I can navigate around the city |
March 14
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| construction at the house (installing central heating) |
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| heck yeah, found myself a bookstore |
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| concert for an anti-cyberbullying event in the Plaza |
March 15
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| up on that env. sciences hill (also the only place I can currently get WiFi) |
Another Friday, another beach visit with Elízabeth. (Got to make the most of summer, am I right?) This time, we visited la Playa Bellavista, which is in Tomé on the way to Dichato.
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| caught this little cangrejo before it was swept back out to sea |
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| barnacles! |
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| the [purple] Milano cookies of the sea! (I mean, look at them...) |
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| little dog observing the waves from afar |
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| pitched a parasol and played card games on the beach |
March 16
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| visited the feria medieval |
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| tiny tiny houses |
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| museum dioramas of important events in Chilean history |
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| look at these detailed figurines |
Apologies for the quality on the phone pictures, but I hope you enjoyed! Catch you next time!
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