This past weekend, on Saturday, there was an international Food Fair where international students were making foods from their home country. Unfortunately, I was not be able to able to attend, so I will talk about what Czech cuisine looks like. All my not-Czech friends who tried Czech cuisine, they either really liked it or do …
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As in every year since the early 2000s, Hope College has had a men’s ice hockey team. Last year, we finished with a great record of 20-5, but unfortunately we lost against the Central Michigan University and did not make it to Nationals. This year has been different. Our record has been 20-9-1, which is by …
For the past three or four weeks, I have been a member of the Global Ambassador Program for the international center at Hope. Our goal is to raise awareness and interest in studying abroad. In the case you are interested in this program, you have to study abroad, which is a requirement. Currently, we have …
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The transition is from Chile to Hope is actually quite extensive. I will spend two days in Hope College and both of them will be full of meetings. Firstly, I will have to talk to Registrant office about transferring all 16 credits from University de Chile to Hope College. I have to fill out …
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On November 25, my study abroad was ending and I am heading home. A lot of happened during 180 days at Chile here are couple thoughts to perspective students why study abroad was a great choice. I went to a Chile, which is a country with completely different values and culture because I wanted to experience …
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Everything great in life comes with sacrifices, and my study abroad is not an exception. Since I am an international student from the Czech Republic, I had mixed up all my flights, which resulted in extremely long journey home. I am very sure that I am not only one who has to travel 40 hours …
My day started usually early morning, because I was living 20-30 minutes by bus from the school. When I woke up, my host mom prepared the breakfast. She put bowl and cereals on the table. Living with a host family is a lot about communicating what I wanted, so she always asked me what time I …
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Most students’ host families lived in little houses, but there were some who lived in an apartment buildings, including myself. Most students, like 95% lived in these three neighborhoods: Providencia, Nunua or Las Condes. I lived in Nunoa, very close to Plaza de Nunua, which is the roughly the middle of Nunoa. Just so one can …
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Chile has truly fabulous pastry! They have a lot different cakes, because people love to eat sweets. As, I wrote in the post about Manjar, they put Manjar to a lot of their pastries. Here are some typical Chilean desert. Brazo de Reine It is the traditional Chilean desert or roll. Some people would say …
Coming back to my classes, this class was the only one I did not take through FEN or University of Chile. It was provided by the organization that I managed the whole the semester abroad. Comparing it to my previous Spanish classes, it was very different. We had only one workbook. We did not have a …
