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I am off to Santiago

Well, not yet. I am going to finish up my clases de español aca en el proximo martes, y despues voy a viajar. Okay, so today is one of those days that I totally understand spanish. I am going to finish my classes here in La Serena, and then around October 27th or so, I am going to go on a little excursion through Chile. I started planning out my itinerary and I think I am going to start with Viña del Mar for a few days and visit the beautiful Marcela, then proceed down through Chile. I realized that the thing that I love to see the most in these towns are the old churches, so I read through my guide books for some towns that are not as touristy, but have quality old churches (which is pretty much everytown in this country). I also want to try to spend a few days in Temuco which is very metropolitian, but I have been talking to a missionary family there. Then, I will move back up the coast, stopping at a little surf town I heard about. Then off to Santiago for a month to get my TEFL certificate. I will be back in La Serena by Dec 14th.
Also, a REALLY exciting note: I got an email from my old roomies saying that they are planning a trip to come out and visit me!! Ahh!! You don´t even know how much I am so excited for this. I am so excited to show them this country! And hopefully by then I will be able to show off my spanish too. My professors say that I am doing really well and my family cannot believe how much I understand español. Which by the way, spanish is not called español aca, pero se llama castillaño. Yeah, whatever, i am learning spanish. hehe the stubborn side in me just never gives up, does it?
Chao for now, but more to come later...

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Anonymous said…
what's the name of the TEFL school you'll be attending?

your svenska-yiddeshe-momma
3:24 PM
Anonymous said…
by the way, ciao is how you write goodbye in italian (not chao). but then, you favor inventive creative spelling, don't you?

p.s. nigel says to please be careful and watch where you are when you travel around. this is probably more an issue when you're in santiago than in the small towns you're visiting, but do take care. a young woman traveling on her own is an easy target.

hugs

mom & nigel
1:42 AM
beckalippy said…
For all those who love to worry like my oh so Jewish mother, don´t. I will be very careful when i travel and I have talked to a handful of other single women travelling in SA and they have givne me tips. Oh yeah, and I don´t speak Italian, but I do kinda speak español. gracia mama.
2:46 PM
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