After Mass, my housemates and I went to El Circuito Mágico del Agua (Magic Water Circuit). We ran into some of the other OU Journey to Latin America students. Two OU students who are studying in Lima for a semester also met with us. I didn’t go to bed until 3 a.m. because we got home [..[...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture’
May 12th, 2010 - 1:10 pm § in Chile
USACH
Let’s talk for a few minutes about the place that is, after all, the reason that I’m in Santiago. Looking back, I guess I expected that it would be mostly like US campuses I’ve visited, minus the extravagant building projects, but I didn’t give the question much thought. Given that lazy prec[...]
May 12th, 2010 - 1:21 am § in Netherlands, The World
Flop 5
Now, for the top five things I like better about Europe than America 1. Traveling 2. Biking 3. Trains 4. Proximity 5. Bubbly Water Traveling It is so interesting how you can travel to all these different countries in such a short time. They are so close to each other and relatively small (as c[...]
May 12th, 2010 - 1:20 am § in Netherlands, The World
Top 5
Top Five Things I Miss about America I must start by saying, my obvious first big miss is family and friends. I do not miss them in a sad way like I wish I were back home, but in a grateful way. Sometimes you need space and time away from people to realize [...][...]
May 11th, 2010 - 8:04 pm § in Chile
Questions I’ve been asked:
— “So, what do you think of Chile?” “Well, I like it a lot, you know? I haven’t gotten to travel enough yet, but I really like Santiago.” I haven’t figured out how to give a more complete answer than that yet, but I’m working on it. Fortunately, this seems to suffice. ̵[...]
May 10th, 2010 - 10:18 pm § in Chile
On harassment and contentment:
Here’s something I hate about city life: street harassment. In fact, hate is really not a strong enough word to describe my feelings about getting whistled at or called out to or honked at repeatedly or just stared at on the street daily (I especially detest encountering a line of cars at a stopli[...]
No Cajamarca, but still a great weekend.
We didn’t end up going to Cajamarca this weekend after all. On Thursday, we purchased our tickets at Cruz del Sur (ida y vuelta), and boarded the bus. However, after only twenty minutes or so, I vomited (sorry) all over, multiple times. I’ll leave the details at that :/ I have [...][...]
May 3rd, 2010 - 5:07 am § in Chile
Thoughts on homesickness and culture shock:
Reading through Bobbi’s recent posts got me thinking about what exactly those words mean for me; to tell the truth, I’m still not sure. It’s probably easier to start here by talking about homesickness, which is something I get asked about a lot. Honestly, I really don’t feel homesick. I don&[...]
Lima in a different light
Since I last posted, I have been enjoying all that Lima has to offer– post-culture shock On the Friday before Easter Calin (friend and roomate, also from OU) went to a “country club” near our house. Our host dad showed us where to go and how to get in. We spent the day sunbathing[...]
February 8th, 2010 - 10:55 am § in London
Fun Facts About England
So just a few things I have discovered since I arrived in England: * Credit Cards and bank cards only work some places. They use cards with chips in them here instead of “swipe” cards, so there are some places that can’t take our type of cards. I always carry cash on me now. * They[...]