Not Likes but Loves

First off, I’d like to say that I’m sorry for not keeping everyone updated day to day like an actual blog is supposed to do. It has been crazy busy here so basically every night, when I finally got home, I would just knock out.

SOOOOOOOO

I’ve decided that I’m going to do three posts right in a row. In this one, I'm going to be telling you all the things that I didn't just like about the trip but the things that I LOVED about the trip.

Let’s get started! Where should I begin?!

Chile is such an amazing place. I highly recommend everyone to travel here at least once in their life. In all honesty, I highly recommend all of the places I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to. Traveling just opens your eyes in a way that words can’t even describe. It brings a whole new outlook on life and depending on where you travel to, you’ll discover something new each time.

I’m going to start with the weather.

Oh.

My.

God.

When we first arrived in Santiago, it was a little hot but I didn’t mind because it wasn’t the freezing cold that was back home. However, we did a couple three-hour walking tours around the city. Now, don’t get me wrong. I really did enjoy them because they were very informative and interesting. But let me tell you, I was sweating like a pig by the end of it. Who am I kidding? I was sweating throughout the whole thing. I quickly found out that the little coins that you accumulate throughout will become your best friend because one coin can be worth 500 pesos which you can buy a bottle of water (SIN gas) with. But in all seriousness, I highly recommend Tours4Tips because you can have your tour be done all in Spanish, English, or a combination of the two. They are very nice and very informative as well and will answer any question you have.

Our first three days were jam packed with walking tours, exploring, and learning a lot about the history of Chile. We did have some free time where we could do whatever we wanted to do. Most of us went to go and try the food (shocker right). But after those few days, we took a bus to Vina Del Mar.

Let me just tell you. Vina is freaking gorgeous. The weather was sheer perfection, it was right on the coast and within walking distance to the beach.

While here, we met the other students that we would be working with to plan this summer camp for kids ages 7-12 give or take. Everyone was super nice and welcoming. I met some lifelong friends within a very short period.

The planning part was a little stressful at times because there were so many ideas being thrown around that it got a little chaotic sometimes. However, it all worked out because the camp went so smoothly!

I absolutely loved the summer camp. The campers were so much fun to be around. They had this attitude towards everything that made you happy and smile. They really wanted to learn as many things in English but also wanted to teach us some things in Spanish. Mixing cultures like that is what I live for! I love the fact that even though there is somewhat of a language barrier, you can still communicate with others and still make friends and memories, amazes me. It was super hard to say goodbye to them. I can’t even tell you the amount of hugs were exchanged between everyone at the camp.

The day after the camp ended, we went back to Santiago. We visited this memory museum and it was probably one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. It was very hard to take it all in because of how real it is. There were times as I was walking around that I would start to tear up. I couldn’t even imagine living through that or anything like that. One of my favorite parts of the museum was when you first walk into the building. There is a wall that has pictures hanging up and you notice that it makes out worlds. It isn’t until you actually walk up to it that you see that the pictures are actual pictures of people being tortured and killed. I had no words.

All in all, the trip as a whole was really great. It was very memorable and makes me want to go back in the very near future!

Welp… That’s it for this post!

Stay classy my friends : )