Hello from Rengo, Chile.
I have completely forgotten to write. I will be honest. Let´s start off with before leaving. I left Nashville, Tennessee at the crack of dawn. I was up before the sun! My best friends, boyfriend, and family were at the airport to say goodbye. After walking threw security the worst part was over.. the goodbyes. I went to Miami, Florida with other AFS students where we had an oriantion. I feel like we all insantly clicked, minus some of the guys, thats normal though. haha. Being an airport/on a plane from February 25th, 5:30 a.m. Central Time til 9:00 a.m. Santiago, Chile time on February 27th, is not my idea of fun. It was tiring and I went 36 hours with exactly 1 hour of sleep.
After getting into Santiago, Chile, I went to oriantion with all of the kids around the world who came to Chile. I mean from... Germany, Thialand, Japan, Austria, United States, Austrilia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, who knows where else, it was to much to capture. All of the kids were out going and awesome, I guess you have to be if you decide you want to live with complete strangers in a forgein country. There we split into groups and learned about Chile and Spanish. I was in a group with all American girls and the 5 New Zealanders who came to Chile. By the end of oriantion, families came to pick us all up. We all felt like orphan kids getting adopted because when someone got picked up or left to travel 10 hours to their host family, it was a bittersweet goodbye. We were all happy for each other, but it was just more goodbyes. I´ve never met such amazing people all within 5 days. AFS is a world of.. many people. Its a family. No doubt. I am glad I have people who I can talk with who is going through the exact same things and situations as me right now.
I was the 4th to last person to be picked up from the oriantion.. fun! After I got picked up my host family, which consist of mi mama y papa, my sister Fran, and my two brothers Nico y Matis. We toured Santiago. It was a lot of fun. Two days after being in Rengo, I went to south of Chile... to be more exactly, I went to Chiloe, Pichilemu (?), Osorno, Puerto Montt.. and I forgot the rest. It was beautiful and I went to a place like nothing I had ever seen before. I am pretty sure I saw my first volcano. It was exciting.
My town is small compared to Franklin, but very interesting. My classmates are interesting people and of course to langauge barrier is extremely hard right now. The girls are really nice and I feel like I am adjusting slowly. I got sick this past week so I havent gone to school much. Only two days so far..
I am tired of writing.. I will try and remember to write later.
Love.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thoughts Before Leaving!
Hi! My name is Emily.
I guess you could call me an AFSer. AFS is an student exchange program and I am in. In my study abroad, I am going to Chile in South America for a semester in February. I got into AFS from my best friend who is in Costa Rica sponsored by AFS I currently live in the United States in Franklin, Tennessee.
All my thoughts in my head about leaving here are either good or bad. The good is that I cannot wait to be in a different country learning about their culture. I am really interested in what school will be like there. The bad is leaving and afraid of not getting along with people. I am usually not the homesick type and I also get along with people, so I don't have to worry to much about those things. I think the biggest challange for me will be learning to adapt to everyone around. I am so used to how things work here in the United States, that I might not know what to do once I get there.
Being young, I've realized I have so much time ahead of me. I've gotten asked several or more times, "why are you going now, why don't you go when you're older?" To answer that question, I want study abroad while I am in high school because I know myself well enough I won't wanna take myself out of college just to go to another country. For me, it's a now or never thing. My choice ended up going for the now.
My family 100% fully supports me and my decision on going. My sister, Molly, and I are extremely close. I know she will miss me, but she still backs me up as much as she can. My best friends are more than excited for me. Overall most of my friends think what I am doing is amazing.
I would love to thank my parents and my scholarship sponsor in helping me pay to go on this trip. This means so much to me. I promise all of the money will be worth it! I also went to thank my friends who are going to be involved in my benefit show to raise money for Chile in this upcoming December.
I guess you could call me an AFSer. AFS is an student exchange program and I am in. In my study abroad, I am going to Chile in South America for a semester in February. I got into AFS from my best friend who is in Costa Rica sponsored by AFS I currently live in the United States in Franklin, Tennessee.
All my thoughts in my head about leaving here are either good or bad. The good is that I cannot wait to be in a different country learning about their culture. I am really interested in what school will be like there. The bad is leaving and afraid of not getting along with people. I am usually not the homesick type and I also get along with people, so I don't have to worry to much about those things. I think the biggest challange for me will be learning to adapt to everyone around. I am so used to how things work here in the United States, that I might not know what to do once I get there.
Being young, I've realized I have so much time ahead of me. I've gotten asked several or more times, "why are you going now, why don't you go when you're older?" To answer that question, I want study abroad while I am in high school because I know myself well enough I won't wanna take myself out of college just to go to another country. For me, it's a now or never thing. My choice ended up going for the now.
My family 100% fully supports me and my decision on going. My sister, Molly, and I are extremely close. I know she will miss me, but she still backs me up as much as she can. My best friends are more than excited for me. Overall most of my friends think what I am doing is amazing.
I would love to thank my parents and my scholarship sponsor in helping me pay to go on this trip. This means so much to me. I promise all of the money will be worth it! I also went to thank my friends who are going to be involved in my benefit show to raise money for Chile in this upcoming December.
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