Well, I have been living in Santiago for two weeks now and I finally have my blog up. These past two weeks have been busy ones. The first week was orientation with IES, the program with which I am studying here in Chile. We had classes on the language of Chile, the culture and riding the public transit. The Spanish here is different from what I learned in the classroom in the States, there are Chilean slang words to learn and the ever present "po" added the the end of many sentences. "Po" doesn't have a particular meaning, a common time to hear it is when someone says, "Si po", which just means "yes" but with "po", added to the statement. There are stray dogs all over the city, one was even on the bus I was riding today.
My Spanish gets better everyday, the biggest improvement is in my ability to understand what someone is saying to me. I went to my first class at the Universidad de Chile on Thursday and was able to understand everything the professor was saying. I will try to update this blog every 2-3 weeks and upload photos. Ask me questions if you want to know more!
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