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iquique at night and its dark blue waves of the ocean (miercoles, 29 septiembre)

Today was a series of ups and downs. During the school day, the sun was shining brightly and it was a beautiful day. My students were bratty, and I pretty much had to baby-sit another teacher´s class as well as my own while the other teacher did oral quizzes with the students one at a time. Even...

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Sara Florecita on September 29, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

the weekend went by way too quickly (domingo, 26 septiembre)

It has definitely been a pretty good weekend. Yesterday I slept in until about 11 when my host brother woke me up by telling me that there were people downstairs I should meet. I took an icy shower since it seems like my host family has no intentions of fixing the hot water heater anytime in the...

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Sara Florecita on September 26, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

travelling...restlessness, and the first touch of homesickness (viernes, 24 septiembre)

I never thought I´d feel homesick but I do. Perú and the experiences there have changed me. Honestly, if I hadn´t tried the San Pedro cactus, I probably would have thought seriously about getting a refund for my return flight to Chicago and started job-hunting down here. Since going to Cusco and...

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Sara Florecita on September 24, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

tsunami drills and tacos (jueves, 23 septiembre)

Yesterday school was pretty uneventful except for the tsunami drill we had. Seeing that my school is right across the street from the ocean, it would be a miracle if anyone from the school actually survived. When the sirens started going off, the kids all got underneath their desks, counted to...

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Sara Florecita on September 23, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

back to the daily routine after a life-changing trip (martes, 21 septiembre)

I have to admit, it was kind of nice walking back through the front doors of Colegio Inglés today. I´d had a great past week and a half, but returning to school was nice. It was a sunny day outside and I was feeling refreshed and ready for the short week of classes, since Monday was still...

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Sara Florecita on September 21, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

the sun is shining and it´s a beautiful day (jueves, 9 septiembre)

Today was another early dismissal due to the Bicentennial celebrations going on this week, so I walked around downtown Iquique for a while and enjoyed the golden sun. I had a few errands to do--buying toothpaste and travel-sized shampoo--but while walking past the piercing studio in the markets,...

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Sara Florecita on September 9, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

gotta love early dismissals from school (miercoles, 8 septiembre)

So it turns out that all week long school ends at 3 instead of 4:30, and all extracurriculars (including choir and jazz band) are cancelled this week due to Fiestas Patrias, which isn´t until September 18!! Yesterday I walked down to the bus station to get my ticket to Arica on Thursday night,...

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Sara Florecita on September 8, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

día de unidad nacional (lunes, 6 septiembre)

Today when I got to school I was informed that I wouldn´t be teaching any of my classes until I met with the regional coordinators and my host teacher, Lilia, who I´d been having problems with. The first part of the day I spent in the library. When Mariangeli and Paulina arrived, we met in...

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Sara Florecita on September 6, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

back in Iquique (sabado, 4 septiembre)

Yesterday we had our final presentation for the Interscolar in Santiago. The choir sang well but didn´t win, but we did get an honorable mention award for being the choir with the most emotion in the music and stage presence. Before the presentation there were tons of people crowded into the...

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Sara Florecita on September 4, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

i will always be a coffee addict at heart (jueves, 2 septiembre)

Today was a super busy day. We sang and played at a Methodist school for special (mentally retarded) students on the southern side of Santiago at 10am. There wasn´t much space on the stage and the jazz band was really crammed in there. I played tenor and alto sax today, and improvised on the new...

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Sara Florecita on September 2, 2010 from Santiago, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

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