Visiting a Mapuche community north of Temuco

This weekend all of the students from Midd programs in Chile met up for a weekend outing organized by the program. We spent Friday in Temuco learning about the Mapuches (Chile’s indigenous people) and their current fight to protect their lands and culture. On Saturday, we drove north to visit a community in the cordillera…lots and lots of hours in a bus. Fortunately, the company was good and we had a fun time.

On Sunday, it was back to the books. We are coming down the home stretch of classes for the semester, so the workload has spiked a bit. Two of my classes ended unexpectedly today, so that was a nice surprise to start off my week! Two more classes left, plus a handful of projects and essays.