Hi everyone! Wow, this is the LAST week of my study abroad program until everyone leaves to go home or to do solo traveling. This week used to feel so far away when I thought about it in September and October, and even sometimes in November. Even though I felt it creeping, I would push …
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Torres del Paine & crunch time
New week new blog! We just returned from Torres del Paine National Park, which was both incredibly fun and exhausting. My group arrived Monday afternoon and did not return to Puerto Natales until late Thursday night. Our days consisted of hikes throughout the park that ranged between 12 and 15 K to different ‘refugios,’ which …
Accepting (and learning from) bad days when abroad
Happy Sunday everybody! To be completely honest, this past week was not that exciting—or even that great for that matter. It was the first time I started to feel stressed and overwhelmed since leaving to study abroad, and I found it extremely difficult to accept those emotions. There is such a stigma with studying abroad …
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Wilderness: What the Hell is it?
Before you read further, I want you to ask yourself what the word “wilderness” means to you. What are your standards on what makes a place wilderness? Do we live amongst it? We’ll revisit this later. Earlier this week the group went on our first field expedition (affectionately called “FEX’s”)! We hiked Cerro Dorotea, a …
Abroad Patagonia. 