And just like that the trip is over. I'm back at my house in DC. Classes started on Monday. This semester I have one class every day in addition to student teaching (which hasn't started yet) three times a week.
The bus ride to the airport from our hostel was emotional. Everyone cried when we left our instructors and Cristian. On the bus we all cried for a minute but then gave out superlatives to everyone. I got "most likely to smile in a picture" (lol what), "most likely to be on America's Next Top Model", "most likely to be eating at any given moment", and "most likely to join the circus" (long story).
The plane ride back went surprisingly well even though the airport lost my bag of dirty clothes.
It's weird being alone after being surrounded by 15 people 24/7. We're all starting to go back to our normal lives. Chances are only a few people will actually talk to each other after a few months and we'll just have the pictures and the memories.
I learned a lot on this trip not only about Chile and its dynamic history, but about myself. Anytime you go somewhere new you learn. I want to continue to travel and learn forever.
I don't know what else to say besides Vive Chile, a phrase we used over and over again on this trip anytime something unexpected or weird happened. It is used when you're pointing out that you can't plan out everything in life and sometimes you just have to go with it. You make mistakes and learn from them and the outcome is what you take from it.
If you're interested in reading more about the trip, check out http://emilyz-in-chile.blogspot.com/ Emily was our TA on the trip and she is in the Writer's House at the University of Maryland, meaning that her blog is more than just random sentences like mine but is well written and more of an analysis of what we learned.
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