I can’t believe it. The day has finally come. Today, after being home for the past 3 weeks, I have finally updated my current city on Facebook from Santiago, Chile to Madison, WI. I am …
Heather Smaby
Backpacker
You know that game ‘two truths and a lie’? Just in case the self-explanatory title wasn’t enough, I will give you a brief summary here: Basically, two truths and a lie is the classic get-to-know-you …
The Green Inferno
So it is quite possible that The Green Inferno will be my favorite movie of all time. Why, might you ask? Is it such an action-packed story that you can’t help but be sucked in …
The Final Countdown
Less than 3 weeks remain until I leave my Santiago summer dreamland and return to the winter wonderland of Wisconsin. What does this mean for my blog post writing? It has pretty much taken the …
The middle of nowhere
Do you remember how I said that it takes me almost 2 hours to get to the colegio where I teach English classes if I use public transportation? The first couple of weeks, I didn’t …
Hooray, Hooray, it’s Election Day!
So I meant to write this blog post over a week ago, when there were elections going on here in Chile, but things got too crazy and I ran out of time. But guess what?!? …
My Gringa Life
So for my class called ‘Nonverbal and Oral Communication’, today we had to give a 2 minute speech. That isn’t too difficult, but here’s the catch: we had absolutely no limitations on what we could …
Catch Up
My entire organizational system in Chile revolves around a ton of yellow sticky notes on my computer that have reminders, due dates, trip plans, etc. written all over them. I have one sticky note that …
Celebrity Or Alien?
I am beginning to feel like my entire semester studying abroad is actually just one super long vacation. In the past few weeks, I have literally been traveling more days than I have actually been …
New Post from Heather!
Although Chile has international fame for its wine, most Chileans pride themselves more on the ‘terremoto’, an alcoholic drink whose name literally means ‘earthquake’. This drink is very misleading because it has a sweet, fruity …