So long, Farewell! x Camille Cassar

            As I reflect on my trip in its entirety, I cant help but to do anything but smile. Prior to coming on this trip, I had so many mixed feelings. What would the people be like? What would the food be like?How the hell will I survive with the small bit of Spanish that I actually do know? What will my family be like? How will I survive without my data? But honestly, after the first few days, all of my questions went out of the window and I decided to just roll with the punches and go with the flow. I most definitely never thought that I would be able to be thrown into a trip with a group of about 24 random people, for three weeks, all with different goals and aspirations. But i can now say, that that group was full of some of the sweetest, brightest, most creative people that I've ever met. I wouldn't have wanted to experience the past three weeks with anybody else.
            Aside from that, the staff at Colegio Concepcion went above and beyond to make sure we were also comfortable, which we were all so grateful for, not to mention their willingness to learn. Outside of school, my family was honestly quite the challenge. Not necessarily in a bad way, just not something that I was used to.Coming from a small family of four, being thrown into a large family of seven called for quite the adjustment on my end. Over the course of the time I was in the Schmidlin household, they made sure that I was comfortable and well taken care of.
            Between visiting the University of Concepcion,, crawling underground for Chiflon Del Diablo, driving hours and hours up the Andes Mountains, visiting a Mason's Lodge, having Chilean barbeque, visiting Chillan, going on a late night nature walk, struggling to piece spanish together, taking a Spanish uber, visiting Penco Beach, the list goes on and on...... I must say that I can not complain at all. Chile was indeed a great place, with great people, and even greater scenery. Everything was absolutely beautiful. I was so grateful and appreciative of all of the things I got to see, people i came across, and places I got the chance to visit. I honestly dont have a favorite memory from the trip, but how could you when you did more cool things in 3 weeks than you have in your 20 years of existence? All in all, I had the experience of a lifetime. Not many people get the opportunity to visit and "study" in another country, but I was blessed enough to have the chance to do so. Until next time!