CHILE | Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013 | Views [351]
And at this point, the laundry is winning. Most decidedly.
Ignacio told us that the dryer was installed, so we would be able to do our laundry at the B&B to save money. Wonderful, but it didn't turn out that simple. He ... Read more >
CHILE | Friday, 5 Jul 2013 | Views [378]
So, while I fondly refer to myself and my roommate as "gringas," most Chileans don't actually use that term. They snicker when I use it, they certainly know what it means, but it's not that big of a thing here.
I went to court again today, ... Read more >
CHILE | Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [309]
Happy independence day ´Murica.
Since it´s definitely not a holiday here, we had to kind of make our own holiday. My roommate and I went to an American style bar here in Santiago, and ordered burgers. Don´t get ... Read more >
CHILE | Tuesday, 2 Jul 2013 | Views [268]
It has been really cool to meet all the strangers that come through the B&B here. Some are more social than others, and some are more willing to engange the gringas in conversation than others. But it's been a very interesting mix. ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 30 Jun 2013 | Views [232]
I got back late from work today, one of the presentations went longer than we were expecting. By the time I got home from that, I was starving and didn't really want to go through the fight it is to use the shared common kitchen that is about the ... Read more >
CHILE | Thursday, 27 Jun 2013 | Views [269]
At our little bed and breakfast, we get served free breakfast. And before any of you snarky people start on your sarcasm, just remember that not all things translate over into other languages, which includes concepts included in the title. ... Read more >
CHILE | Sunday, 23 Jun 2013 | Views [292]
Laundry time...
In the words of Scooby Doo, "Ruh roh." What to do when you have about ten days worth of clothes, and you live in a bed and breakfast with no functioning dryer? I opened the dryer and found papers sitting in it. Including ... Read more >
CHILE | Saturday, 22 Jun 2013 | Views [228]
It was a particularly trying day at the office. Not because there was too much going on and I became overwhelmed; on the contrary, I sat around for about two hours and felt incredibly useless. And it didn't help that when someone did speak ... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | Views [392]
So Monday turned out to be quite the bust. I had thought that we were starting on Tuesday (well, we were), but when I got back into wi-fi mode on Monday after all our errands, I had a message from the other student working at our office. ... Read more >
CHILE | Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | Views [285]
Today was supposed to be our "orientation" day, we set out this morning to get phones, figure out the metro, and just figure a little of our shize out.
After a few hours of blindly running around, asking three different security guards where ... Read more >
CHILE | Saturday, 15 Jun 2013 | Views [272]
Any confidence that I might have built up about my ability to speak Spanish during my time in Guatemala has been efficiently smashed to the ground and stomped on. Chile is a whole other animal just onto itself.
I got on the plane ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | Views [319]
Last day in Guatemala. Sorry to leave, but excited to see what new messes I can get myself into in Chile. Plenty I'm sure.
As a celebration type thing, I bought ice cream for our Spanish tutors. I went into the ice cream shop ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | Views [477]
I am going to miss my Spanish conversation partner/tutor so much. There is nothing that quite compares to the times that we have in our four-hour sessions.
So today we were playing basically Scattegories in Spanish. We would get ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Saturday, 8 Jun 2013 | Views [381]
We got back from the beach today. It was so amazingly crazy how much difference in temperature we had from going from Antigua to Montericco. As I have never been anywhere tropical, the heat and the humidity that was going on was just astounding.... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | Views [323]
Went into the city today to see the Congress and the Supreme Court. For lunch we went to a restaurant, and I saw a word on the menu that meant refill of your drink. As the waiter came back around later, he started refilling other people's drinks. I wasn't ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | Views [379]
During Spanish tutoring today, we were playing a game where you have to make your own crossword puzzle, in Spanish. It was super hard, I am mind-numb when I get out of that activity. There was a word that Lili was explaining what it meant, and I thought ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | Views [359]
So apparently my red face has not gone unnoticed here either. When I was chatting with the Spanish tutors before we began today, Lili asked me if there were other members of my family that had red cheeks like I do. I explained that I was the only member ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Monday, 3 Jun 2013 | Views [287]
So, what better way to humiliate myself than discussing human anatomy? This was bound to happen at some point.
My Spanish tutor was telling me about a type of Mexican drink, a mixed drink that is made with tequilla and comes in a big, blue bottle.... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Sunday, 2 Jun 2013 | Views [270]
And then, dun dun dun, we went zip-lining. I was a bit hesitant about doing it this morning, but when I found out that it was about $30 US dollars, I had to do it. And I am so glad that I did. At some points on the cables, we were about 20 meters ABOVE ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Friday, 31 May 2013 | Views [270]
This morning, I was walking into class, and Raquel (the director of the program) was waiting at the door to the convent. Because the other Anna in the program and I are the only students who have a complicated schedule, we don't have time for lunch and ... Read more >
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