Everyone has been telling us, “Oh, you have to try the ‘completos’, they’re fabulous.” A completo is one item on Chile’s menu of fast, unhealthy food. The funny thing is that they don’t hide it either, like this particular restaurant was called ‘El Guaton’ which is the title for a fat person. So we made [...]
More »Oye! Our last week was jam packed with an array of experiences I don’t know where to begin. On Friday we celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Andy Collins and I have been together for 5 years…. and a day. Hard to believe it has been that much time. I remember when we met I was [...]
More »I don’t know what it is, but young Chileans love mullets. I thought they went out in the 80’s, but they are fresh down here. Everywhere you look, a person is sporting one, including our Spanish teacher. I wish I could sneak pics of all of them and just make a post about mullets, but [...]
More »The flight down was uneventful and long. I slept or tried to sleep for most of it. In Toronto we had to go through security again and spent seven hours anxiously waiting for our flight to leave. From Toronto to Chile it was nine hours and we had an open seat next to us. Even [...]
More »Rachel and I will be traveling to Chile and Argentina. We will be there for 3 months, leaving on January 1st, 2010 and returning on April 5th, 2010. We will be spend the first 2 months in the cities of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar on the coast of Chile. We will be studying Spanish [...]
More »It’s truly official now. We have been accepted in to the program and we just purchased our tickets! Flight reservation Fri, Jan 1, 2010 Departs 11:20am, Arrives 12:15pm Air Canada 1038 / 92 Denver, CO to Santiago, Chile Mon, Apr 5, 2010 Departs 6:45pm, Arrives 10:16am Air Canada 93 / 1037 Santiago, Chile to Denver, [...]
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I travel: to learn and grow, to challenge myself, stretch my limits and foster an appreciation of both the world at large and my own back home.
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