July 15, 2008
Our return to Chile
written by Nicole Allegar on July 15, 2008 at 03:41PM in Traveling
Today is Spencer and I first day back in Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar of Chile. We both got in touch with our families (Chilean) and they have invited us to stay with them. I am staying with my family, while Spencer is about 15 min down the road with his family.It is really weird for me to be back here again. I am sleeping in the same room as I did last summer, the family is the same, their routine is the same, and it feels like I have gone back in time and I was never gone for a year in the states.
It is also very nice to have the feeling of a home again. Although, we are not unpacking everything and making a “hearth”, when I walked into my room today, I felt like I was home for a little while.
There is a new ISA student living here, he is the family’s fourth foreign exchange student (I was their first). He seems to be enjoying the family and is not looking forward to going back to the states. He has told me all about the trips and the daily lives of the ISA students, which were all very similar to my memories of last year.
Later on tonight I am going to join Spencer’s family for dinner (like the old times), then return back to my bed, to prepare for tomorrow’s journey down memory lane.
Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso are cities where I will also have a home in South America. I will be sad to leave, however I am excited experience a new life in Argentina, hopefully by the end of the year Spencer and I will cherish Mendoza as much as we do Vina/Valpo.
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