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About smartinez508

I attend Agnes Scott College in Georgia but am currently studying in Valparaiso, Chile for 5 months. I am studying at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. This is the second time traveling outside the US and the first time alone. I am twenty years old and am excited and nervous about being alone in another country for so long but my new host family will ease the transition and make it bearable.

Interesting attempts and updates

 So I will be updating from a couple weeks now since I haven’t written anything in about 3 weeks 🙂 So three weekends ago was interesting.  First, on Friday I decided to make eggplant parm for my host family because I had … Continue reading

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New explorations

So this past weekend was a very fun-filled weekend.  It all started on Friday night, which was my little brothers’ 13th birthday party.  We celebratedit at home with some family and a bunch of their friends.  It was nice for … Continue reading

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UGH!

So I basically feel like this week keeps getting worse and worse with bits of good times that feel like a tease! So Monday I was almost late to class because the stupid buses wouldn’t stop for me!! Like 4 … Continue reading

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A new class

So I had to sign up for some new classes this week becaus eone of my classes was a full year course and no one noticed until last week so I wouldn’t be abloe to finish it (obviously) before I … Continue reading

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Getting accustomed :)

Well it’s been a little while since my last post but I haven’t really felt like sitting down to write but now I do 🙂 I became official today!! I finally got my Chilean ID and it turned out that … Continue reading

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Still a little challenging

So I started my second week of classes today and just like last week my only class on Mondays (which is 3 hours long) left me a bit confused and overwhelmed again.  The professor talks sooo fast and although I … Continue reading

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After the Tsunami

Well it’s about 10:15 am on Saturday morning and everything is ok.  I fell asleep last night waiting for the waves to come but nothing came while I was awake.  When I woke up this morning I looked outside and … Continue reading

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Tsunami Alert

Well at about 6:45 am we received our first tsunami alert.  I was already dressed and ready to go to class but my host mom stopped me and told me it was better for me to stay home because no … Continue reading

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My trip up the mountain

It wasn’t a real mountain but it sure felt like one when I was walking up it.  The campus where most of my classes are, is on the top of a very large hill that resembles a mountain.  I hve class … Continue reading

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My first day of class

Well I had my very first class at a Chilean University today and it went pretty well.  I got to the room about 20 minutes early because you all know me and I like to be overprepared for everything so … Continue reading

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