It is my last few days in Santiago! I cannot believe how fast the time went! I am very sad to leave Chile; I will especially miss living with my host family. Today my host mom showed me all the cards from 15 years of students. It was a HUGE box filled with Christmas [...]
By Leecreesha Hicks
Sorry for the long gap once again, but I spent the last four days in Uruguay! Friday and early Sunday I stayed in Montevideo, and late Sunday until early Monday I spent the rest of my time in Colonia.
Montevideo literally seems exactly like Buenos Aires - Palm trees, some of the older architecture [...]
By Leecreesha Hicks
Ahhh!! So much to do! I wish I could write more in detail about every aspect of my days here, because I know that those of you who want to go abroad would love to know as much as you can about Buenos Aires. But I have been so busy and tired and [...]
By Leecreesha Hicks
Whew! The end of the week is finally here!! The second week has immediately switched gears from getting accustomed to the culture, to school work, activities, and spending time with host families.
By host family, I don’t mean a traditional “family.” A host family here usually consists of a woman, either a widow or [...]
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By Leecreesha Hicks
This is a very delayed start to this blog, because of some misunderstandings, but no worries, I have a lot to say. Hopefully, I have enough time to say it all right now. If not, then I can always just blog again tomorrow, or maybe, perhaps, later tonight.
Whew! I am one week into [...]
Leecreesha Hicks
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vitals: Sophomore, International Studies and Spanish Major. 2009 Rothschild Study Abroad Scholarship recipient.
Goals: I want to know more about Latin American culture, and want to experience an outside perspective of the United States from an Argentine point of view. I also really, really, REALLY want to become fluent in Spanish!
Motivation: This may [...]
Every Thursday I volunteer at an all-girls Catholic school, helping the English teacher. The girls are around 13 years old. It has been really interesting to see how the schools work, compared to the U.S. In general, there seems to be less structure – some girls talk the whole class and others participate and want [...]
I went to the way-up-north of Chile for four nights. Chile is an unbelievably long country and everything is so far away! It was about a two-hour plane ride followed by a two-hour bus ride to San Pedro from Santiago. It was a beautiful place! My favorite part was when we went to look at [...]
I flew down to the south of Chile for a few days. This was the extreme south, the airport had flights listed to Antarctica! I went to hike through Torres del Paine. It is considered one of the most beautiful national parks in the world.
It was almost a day of travel just to get there [...]
I went to Pomaire on Saturday, which is about an hour from the city. The whole place is based on pottery so we saw how they make beautiful things on a wheel and got to try that out. I was terrible, you need a lot of arm muscle. They sell amazing things, like vases, cups, plates, [...]
1. Everything is in Spanish! Obviously, but this makes things difficult. For example, the prompts on an ATM and all Web sites.
2. It is so hot here! Everyone is always eating popsicles or ice cream to survive. It gets cooler at night but during the day it is ridiculously warm.
3. I live with a Tia [...]
Continue reading about 25 Random Things About Santiago de Chile
In 9 days I will cross the equator for 90 degree weather and more challenges than i could possibly prepare for. I decided to study abroad in Santiago, Chile around one year ago and am just starting to realize how perfect this place might be for me.
Chile is supposed to be one of the only [...]
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Elizabeth Edelstein
Santiago, Chile
Vitals: Junior International Studies and Spanish major
Goals: I want to become confident speaking Spanish outside the classroom and explore the natural beauty of South America!
Motivation: Chile has so much to offer in terms of culture and history. I want to spend time in the city of Santiago and fully embrace [...]
By Kate O’Connor
Educational Policy Studies Master’s program
Having spent some time working and living in Ecuador, Guatemala, and Botswana, I could not ignore the disparities in quality of life and resources between my life in Canada and the lives of the people I met and saw during my travels and time abroad.
The connections between foreign policies [...]
As a young man, George McReddie didn’t plan to travel or have a career in international finance. He had no idea he would become Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co., a leading global investment banking, securities trading, and brokerage firm based in New York. Back in the 1960s, he was just your [...]
