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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)

runner´s high, earthquakes, powerful dreams, and jazz band concerts (miercoles, 25 agosto)

Monday after school got out I went running along the beaches again. I hadn´t run on Sunday so I had been dying to get out for a nice, long run. I was barely down the street when I found my pace and settled into that peace of mind I love when I run. As I reached Playa Brava, the sun had turned a...

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Sara Florecita on August 25, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

art, freedom, live music, and floating in the endless sky (domingo, 22 agosto)

Yesterday I slept in until noon and woke up to warm, golden rays of Iquique sun. I took the micro downtown where I bought some really nice but simple lapis lazuli and Chilean silver earrings for my mom and sister. Lapis lazuli is found in Chile and is its national crystal / stone, and the silver...

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Sara Florecita on August 22, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

loving life today (viernes, 20 agosto)

So the blood test at the medical clinic wasn´t that bad and took no more than five minutes. For the life of me I could not fall back asleep when I got back home, so I sat in front of the computer for a while studying Spanish and then read some more of my book. Around noon I gave up on the idea...

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Sara Florecita on August 20, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

doctores, ferias artesanales, y comida hindú (jueves, 19 agosto)

Today I went to the doctor because my stomach was really hurting last night and I almost threw up again. I told my host mom I wasn´t feeling well and asked if she knew of a doctor I could go to. She said to wait and see what happens, and maybe next week I could go. I told her that it´s been...

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Sara Florecita on August 19, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

needing some kind of balance at school (miercoles, 18 agosto)

I´m trying to decide which section of my seventh grade classes I dislike more. I really like the first two sections of seventh because they work hard, are polite, and pay attention. The third and fourth sections are brats. And it doesn´t help that my host teacher makes me work with 20 students...

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Sara Florecita on August 18, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

despite being sick, it´s been a pretty productive day (lunes, 16 agosto)

This morning when Artemio came to wake me up I was dead tired and felt like I´d just closed my eyes. The night before I´d been throwing up again due to bad vegetables (from now on if I eat any vegetables or fruit they have to be cooked, not raw, because most raw vegetables and fruits here...

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Sara Florecita on August 16, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

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

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