{"id":9959,"date":"2020-04-29T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=9959"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:30:58","slug":"chile-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/chile-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Chile: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Find a handkerchief and a dance partner! Consider learning the Chilean national dance known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7eoZ6BIHDqo\">la cueca<\/a>. Or, get crafty and make a clay replica of Easter Island\u2019s mysterious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpalette.com\/craft\/moai-statues.html\">Mo\u2019ai<\/a> statues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Want more inspiration? Take a virtual hike of the Patagonia at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mMqWTYXy_vs\"><em>Torres del Paine<\/em><\/a><em> National Park! <\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Chile include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No (2012) \u2013 <em>Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Machuca (2004)<\/li>\n<li>The Maid (2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the life of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Mapuche\">indigenous Mapuche people<\/a> before the Spanish conquest, the military dictatorship of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisischile.cl\/history\/institutional-breakdown\/?lang=en\">Augusto Pinochet<\/a>, and the compelling life of Chilean folk singer-songwriter and visual artist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Violeta-Parra\"> Violeta Parra.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The House of the Spirits <\/em>by Isabel Allende<\/li>\n<li><em>Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair<\/em> by Pablo Neruda<\/li>\n<li><em>My Documents<\/em> by Alejandro Zambra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5bLWJ4TTr2w\">cooking class<\/a> with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try a sopaipilla, an empanada de pino, or any and all types of Chilean bread: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.196flavors.com\/chile-marraqueta\/\">marraqueta<\/a>, hallulla, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chileanfoodandgarden.com\/country-chilean-bread\/\">pan amasado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AI5OOFXTMs0\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (you will hear one of these words in every conversation you have with a local, guaranteed).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chile has one of the longest coastlines in the world at just about 4,000 miles long!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meet Your Partner In Travel<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Chile-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Irene fell in love with Chile while studying abroad for a semester. So, she decided to extend her stay for another semester, and then another. Four years later, she had made a life for herself there as an English and Irish dance teacher. Now back in sunny San Diego, she reflects on her favorite things about Chile: the month-long celebration of the Fiestas Patrias every September, the turquoise lakes in the south, and the fact that you can go surfing and snowboarding on the same day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Find a handkerchief and a dance partner! Consider learning the Chilean national dance known as\u00a0la cueca. Or, get crafty and make a clay replica of Easter Island\u2019s mysterious Mo\u2019ai statues. Want more inspiration? Take a virtual hike of the Patagonia at Torres del Paine National Park! Pick a film Watch a movie that <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/chile-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9996,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9959","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9997,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9959\/revisions\/9997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}