The weather here in Santiago today is absolutely gorgeous! Especially for winter -- It´s a beautiful near 70 degrees outside! I left my house in a happy, bouncy mood and pedaled my bike a few blocks away to my "clase de español". After having a what I like to call a "successful class" (meaning I understood most of what was going on and promised myself I would remember how to say the phrase "she/he told me" - which always erases itself from my brain the minute ...

So many great and wonderful things can be said about having the ability to be connected to loved ones back home via the internet when you are traveling or living abroad. You get constant updates while you are away, letting you feel like you are there when really you are thousands of miles away. You don´t feel quite as bad about missing a friends' birthday or anniversary because you can always send them a message or write them a quick Facebook post. You get to ...

Traveling can often be a lonely endevor. When one goes out into the world, for any adventure, out of their own element and into a different culture, a sense of loneliness can settle in. You are removed from your circle of family and friends. Your favorite restaurants are missing, your go-to places to shop are all gone. You have to reboot and relearn, constantly filling your head with new information. It can be liberating, exhilarating, and tiring, all at once. ...

Woke up and cleaned the apartment before heading with Felipe out to Algarrobo to his brother´s house on the beach. You drive through a series of small beach towns along beautiful coastline to get to it. We arrived a little early so I went with him around to a few places where he had to pay bills for his own business, Paseos. Later we stopped for some sushi because we were both so hungry and since dinner wasn´t going to be later, we figured we were safe to eat ...

Yeah, I am REALLY behind on my blog updates. I apologize for that to all of you who actually read it, and to myself for being lazy. Or rather, having too much fun to want to sit in front of a computer for so long typing all my adventures out. But, I know the importance so I will try once again to be a better blogger. However, due to the long list of days that I need to catch up on, I will write some of these in more of a bullet format.... -Woke up and went i...