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“Fluent In Friendships, If Not Spanish” (aka Field Report #4/Final Post) | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. 8220;Fluent In Friendships, If Not Spanish” (aka Field Report #4/Final Post). July 9, 2013. I write now not from Valparaíso, Chile but from Cumming, Iowa. My little cousins, and grandma, greeting me at the airport. The first thing that Grant (left) asked me was, “What did you bring back for me? From my last evening in Valparaiso, one last look at those blinking cerros. Improve my Spanish speaking abilities. Participate regularly in a group/club. Now, looking ba...
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. As a student at the University of Iowa. I’m presented with the wonderful opportunity to study abroad for a semester. I will be living in Valparaiso, Chile. For five months, attending La Pontificia Catolica Universidad de Valparaiso. My flight is a total of thirteen hours. I’ll be flying to Dallas then Santiago and taking a two hours bus ride to Valpo. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Santiago, Monsanto y Más | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. Santiago, Monsanto y Más. May 27, 2013. My fingers are icicles as I write; it’s getting chilly down here in Chile. I officially have just five weeks of class left, one of those being a week of “tests”. Let’s just say it’s been a fairly easy semester. I am not looking forward to returning to the busywork. That schools in the states force upon us. Is a photo of the cemetery from a distance, a cemetery on a hill. A photo I took outside the cemetery. According to t...
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Un día en la vida mía | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. Un día en la vida mía. June 12, 2013. So I’ve decided to document a day in the life of me with photos and videos so that you all can get an even closer look at where and how I’ve been spending the majority of these last several months. These photos/videos are in no particular order.). The walkway right outside my university’s main location. There are a lot of food vendors and buses here. The courtyard of my university, PUCV. I imagine this is what private h...
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July | 2013 | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. Monthly Archives: July 2013. 8220;Fluent In Friendships, If Not Spanish” (aka Field Report #4/Final Post). July 9, 2013. I write now not from Valparaíso, Chile but from Cumming, Iowa, sitting next to my pond on a 90-degree, humid summer evening. I’ve been home for a little over a […]. Read Article →. July 1st, 2013. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Tales and recipes of an Iowa farm girl. Journalist, web writer/editor. Blog at WordPress.com.
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Curauma, Las Dunas, Isla Negra and Casas del Bosque | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. Curauma, Las Dunas, Isla Negra and Casas del Bosque. May 13, 2013. My weeks here in Chile are winding down, and I’m soaking them all in. Although my weekdays are filled with school and homework, just like every other college student in the world, my weekends normally consist of some type of nearby excursion. Over the past few weeks, I’ve hit up quite a few places and will be heading to Santiago very soon. First off, I ran an 11k trail race. About 5 km in! And I...
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Field Report #3: Cultural Literacy | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. Field Report #3: Cultural Literacy. May 16, 2013. If I were to describe a “culturally-literate” person, I would describe him/her as a well-traveled, open-minded individual with an array of knowledge about the world and the different cultures in it. Perhaps he/she knows one or more languages, can fill you in on various global current events and has sipped a mate. Or two on a cattle ranch in Argentina. Okay, that last bit isn’t all-important.). Which means to til...
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Cerro Mauco/Caleta Quintay | Shianne va Valpo
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Follow my five months in Valparaiso, Chile. June 18, 2013. As I begin writing this post, my countdown screams 13 days to go until I am back in Iowa. It’s hard for me to believe how quickly the time has passed, but I am grateful for all of the experiences I’ve been able to squeeze in during these few, short months. One thing I already know I will miss, even without travels too far north or south, is the incredible. And traverse through untouched forest in Pucón. Guides. We even saw the remains of an a...