DISQUS

Amanda · 9 months ago

Mines up, sistah.

Amanda · 9 months ago

This is really interesting, too! I think that disillusionment was what drove me away, too. It's not the same after a while.


Man, I should write what drove me away, next week, too!



I miss you!

Mamacita Chilena · 9 months ago

Maybe next week we should have a group blog on being driven away if most people are just covering what drew them here. In my own post I meant to cover both, but (as usual) I got wordy. No surprise there, haha!


Any chance of you and O. being in NYC/Toronto/MI/WI/Chicago in August???

Abby · 9 months ago

Mine is up!

lydia · 9 months ago

mines up! you guys should just do the other half now/tomorrow or something and put up both links.

Emita · 9 months ago

you might not believe it....but i posted! great post, and in mine i pretty much included both aspects to the question, although i can definitely expand on stuff next week.
miss you!

Amanda · 9 months ago

I could try and work something out! Give me dates and I'll look at plane tickets! I have family I can stay with in NYC or Chicago... I'd love to see you guys!

Cincinnati Chile · 9 months ago

Mine is up too :)

Shannon · 9 months ago

Mine's up!!

Girl.Meets.Chile · 9 months ago

And moi

Sara · 9 months ago

I didn't know you studied here in high school. I enjoyed your post.


Mine is ready.

Emily · 9 months ago

I'm looking forward to part 2. I noticed that a lot of people skipped that part...not sure if that's because things were getting long or if it's just a harder question to answer. Mine's up - I covered both parts and hopefully managed to keep things from getting crazy long.

Miyaunna · 9 months ago

I do not know if I count, but I wrote up one too, lol.


Also, I feel the same way about sex in Chile. I was 17 and a complete virgin, but many, many of the girls in my program were. It was an EYE OPENER to say the least.

Clare · 9 months ago

Mine is up: http://claresays.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/chile...

Cincinnati Chile · 9 months ago

I like how you decribed going back to the US and feeling you saw things differently. Being traveled versus non-traveled especially in the mid-west where a lot of people are non-traveled it makes a big difference. You really do see the world differently. It really becomes diffcult when trying to talk to someone narrow minded.

Leigh · 9 months ago

Mine's up, too!


I'm so jealous of your high school study abroad experience. I'm sure living abroad has an even more profound experience on those who experience it during their formative years.

La Chilengüita · 9 months ago

Mine is up! Sorry for being tardy :)

Mamacita Chilena · 9 months ago

Thanks everybody, for participating! I loved reading all the stories. We have such an awesome blogger community here. :)

Emily · 9 months ago

Link me up! I'd love to "get to know" some other Chile bloggers!

Irini_ta · 9 months ago

I have probably the same feeling as you regarding the exchange program; it had a significant impact on me and my life. I went to Canada for 6 months when I was 14 (I think you went on exchange also at 14), it was very hard experience for me, I cannot say that it was very enjoyable but it was very important for my life.


I also started my blog with my first post about my life. I have already written about how I met my husband in Chile, but actually haven't yet finished the whole blog. I think my destiny or the reason I went to Chile is the consequence of many things that happened before in my life (including the exchange program in Canada) and therefore my post is still missing a lot of information.

Anyway, my case is not really the good one for the topic of What Draws Us to (or Drives Us From) Chile, I haven't even written yet why we decided to go to live to Russia and I did not stay in Chile.

Jessica · 9 months ago

hey Kyle - my group blog post is up, if you want to add me to the list ;)

Renée · 9 months ago

A little late, but I finally got mine up:


http://rms81alreves.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-chile.html



Can't wait to read everyone else's story!

André · 9 months ago

very late and with a huuuuge url here is my story: http://andreinchile.com/2009/03/23/chile-group-... for organising this group blog.