Posts Tagged ‘Chile’
Case Study: Eileen Maguire – Chile, 2019 – 20
Case Study Eileen Maguire As part of my Year Abroad during my degree in Spanish and French, I spent the last six months in Santiago, Chile, working for the British Council as a communications and marketing intern. The scholarship from the John Speak Trust allowed me to take on this unpaid internship, which wouldn’t have…
Read MoreMy final days in Chile: Eileen Maguire, Chile – January 2020
My final days in Chile When contemplating my last few days in Chile and faced with the thought of my time there coming to an end, I became overwhelmed trying to decide how to make the most of the time remaining. In my 6 months here, I have seen some of the more spectacular sights…
Read MoreLight Pollution in the Elqui Valley: Eileen Maguire, Chile – September 2019
Light Pollution in the Elqui Valley This weekend, I had the opportunity to go on a trip to La Serena in northern Chile thanks to my internship with the British Council. The flight from Santiago is 50 minutes long, and we were barely in the air before it was time to land, but the town…
Read MoreEileen Maguire July 2019 – Getting under the skin of Santiago
Al final de mi primer mes en Santiago de Chile, estoy reflexionando en todas las sorpresas que me ha ofrecido la ciudad. Al llegar a Santiago, encontré una ciudad muy fría (para mi decepción), pero muy metropolitana y animada, que no parece tan diferente a Madrid o otra ciudad europea. Durante las primeras dos semanas,…
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