Exchange: Universidad Católica de Chile
Studying at the Universidad Católica de Chile was to achieve a goal I had set myself some years earlier and together with my travels in South America, it was a life changing leap into independence and greatly improved my Spanish.
Read MoreLa Nieve
Hay una primera vez para todo! Hay donde esquiar en Australia, pero son pocos los lugares y lejos de las ciudades y sobre todo, son caros. Esto me hizo resolver hacerlo en Sudamérica cuando estuviera estudiando donde iba a pasar el invierno en Santiago muy cerca a la cordillera que tiene pistas de esquí...
Read MoreLas Condes y Vitacura
This is wealthyville – where people with plata build shiny glass buildings, line avenues with trees, wear expensively understated clothing and drive modern vehicles. The chileans have a word for it – cuicos. The term is laden with socio-economic significance and could be roughly summarised as – south yarra. Vitacura has a bright, upbeat...
Read MoreProvidencia y La Chascona
Providencia is the sort of place you want to live. Everyone agrees…and so it costs. Just to the north of the Río Mapocho on some narrow tree lined side lane off Calle Pio Nono, close to just about everything including the trendy Patio Bellavista, the Zoo, Plaza Itialia and one of Pablo Neruda’s houses...
Read MoreCerro Santa Lucia
Situated in the centre of the downtown section of Santiago, cerro Santa Lucia affords the best views of the city from above. While not as high as it’s cousin cerros, Santa Lucia is the most fortunately situated and therefore popular. There is an old castle on the top, Castillo Hidalgo, and the stonework, wilding...
Read MoreSEK University
SEK University was a short outing that turned out to be pretty awesome. One of the university’s campuses is located at the foot of the precordillera – in what must have been a bequeathed estate because the campus is a varitable botanic garden, boasting old manor style houses, statues, stone pools and even an...
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