Archive for Category: "chile"
Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone: Canyoning in Chile
Staring straight down a 100-foot waterfall, the mist clouding my eyes and my heart pounding to the sound of the water, I’m about to descend down on a thin rope. The phrase, “What did I get myself into?” repeats over and over in my head. Repelling down the cascading falls is the grand finale to my canyoning experience in the Rio Blanco
Getting around in Valparaiso
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I wish someone would have told me about life as a female student in Chile before I came here to study for 6 months. Of course everyone warned me about the machismo ideals in Latin America, and fretted over my safety since I’m a ‘tiny, fragile, blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl,’ but what good did that do in preparing me for the reality of what was to come?
Finding My Heart in Chile
Each morning when I greet my students at the classroom door, some give me besos on the cheek and others simply say, “Hello!” They quickly file in and take a seat and as I close the door to walk towards the front of the classroom they all stand up in unison and say: “Good morning, Miss Lauren!”
Third Time is a Charm in Chile
Due to ski racing, I have been lucky enough to travel all over the globe and I’m only 18. I have been to Chile 3 times, always flying in to Santiago and then making the 1 and a 1/2 hour trek up a turny, dirt road to a trifecta of ski areas, La Parva, El Colorado, and Valle Nevada
