I will miss being one of her pichonas, listening to her wild stories, coming home to her superb meals, and eating duraznos with dulce de leche on the bright red floral tablecloth in her dining room. She taught me so much about not only the city, but about life in general. Thank you for my home on Avenida Alvear and my host mom, Hortensia. Nothing compares to kind of doing work, eating, and socializing while listening to the hum of cars racing down Avenida 9 de Julio. I’ll always remember the twelfth floor of 1069 Carlos Pellegrini fondly─especially the balcony. Simple- mente debido a que ' todas las cosas ayudan a bien ' al que ama a Dios. I’ll miss playing tres limones and winning alfajores in Spanish class, having a poetry teacher who personally knows what seems like all of the famous Argentine poets, and going on field trips all over the city. Dios no quiere que demos gracias por todo sino, ms bien, en todo. I will miss saying hello and goodbye with a beso on the cheek, attending asados (even though I never ate the meat), passing around mate, and sitting in los bosques de palermo listening to music with my friends.
#GRACIAS POR TODO DRIVERS#
I absolutely loved chatting with Uber drivers and other locals, proudly and emphatically slipping Argentine slang into the conversations. Thank you for forcing me to improve my Spanish and teaching me about your culture. I got to know the cafés of Recoleta all too well and became spoiled on the cheap latés and medialunas. Over the last four months I grew used to doing work while Argentines chatted emphatically around me. Tapping my card, saying my stop, switching my back-pack to a front-pack, and squeezing between the porteños made me feel like a local. Although it was against popular opinion, I also loved riding your collectivos. I loved walking home every day, passing kioskos on every corner and peering into stores dedicated entirely to selling lights or chairs or some other oddly specific item. Thank you for your busy streets and your people. The natural beauty was like nothing I had ever experienced before. From the lush hills and vast lakes of Bariloche to the giant canyons and seemingly boundless salt flats of Jujuy, it was truly unimaginable. Thank you for your cities, your forests, your deserts, and your mountain ranges. I have been thinking a lot about the last four months and decided to try to encapsulate everything that made my experience so special in a thank you note to Argentina. Without further ado (because I'm starting to cry while writing this post), here is a summary of my entire year abroad, a summary of living my best life.I am back in Boston! While I am happy to be home with my family and to have swapped gloomy winter weather for sunny summer days, it is hard to say goodbye to the life I made 5,374 miles away. Of course, I had a few last minute adventures after the submission date (namely, doing the incredible W-Trek in Patagonia!), but this video sums up the majority of my exchange. Going through all of these video clips turned me into an emotional wreck as I reminisced about how much I have been able to do and see this past year, but I am so happy with the final result an eight-minute video of my best moments of the year that I can look back on with pure love and joy. It's not a goodbye, just see you later.įor one of my final class projects, we were asked to create a video montage of all of our highlights from our Chilean exchange. I will cherish the memories and friendships made over this year for the rest of my life. I am extremely proud of my accomplishments and travels this year, and am forever grateful for the privilege to have had such a life-changing and worldly experience at my young age.
#GRACIAS POR TODO FULL#
Well, I have officially returned home to Canada after my 10 month exchange in Chile! This has been a year packed full of learning about myself and the world and life in general. Gracias por todo, Chile! - Sprott School of Business Skip to main content Gracias por todo, Chile!
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