My Stay with a Mapuche family

After several weeks travelling around the south of Chile, I ended my time with a 3 day home stay with a Mapuche family on their farm, about an hour from Pucón, in the Arancunía Region of Chile, where the Mapuche people

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My year in Miami

Hey everyone! I have a blog going on Blogger about my year studying marine biology at the University of Miami. You can find it at the following link: http://ruthinmiami.blogspot.co.uk/

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Celebrations, Visitors and Snow

Lots has happened in the last month and a half here in Geneva. For Bonfire Night I went to a British supermarket over the border in France. The heavy rain saved the Guy from the flames, but lots of people

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Hotdogs and chickens

Universities and schools across Brazil are now paralysed because of student protests and teachers striking. I don’t particularly want to comment on the situation here because it is so sad and complicated. So, in order to make the best of

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The last full month :(

So before I came to Canada I was fully expecting the harshest of winters by the time we hit November/December. Don’t get me wrong we’ve seen a little bit of snow and it’s not warm but right now but it’s

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My Time in Chile – Concepción

It is truly bizarre to think I set out on my year abroad nearly a year and a half ago. Nevertheless, looking back on it now, it’s hard to contain my nostalgia and the incredible connections and experiences I embraced

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