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Post by Corinne on Apr 18, 2010 12:59:13 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I won't be on here for about a month while my class is in Argentina. I won't have access to the Internet while I'm there, so I won't be able to comment on anything. Once I come back, I'll catch up with everything I'll have missed during the trip. (And also right before the trip, since I got really caught up in the preparations for the trip and didn't have time to do much else.) So er... have a nice month? Be back soon! ;D (NOTE: I didn't really know where to post this, so sorry if this seems like a weird place to post it... I don't mind if this thread gets deleted.)
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Post by swankivy on Apr 19, 2010 11:58:41 GMT -5
I don't mind if this thread gets deleted. Ah, I think it's good to know, so maybe we'll just delete it after you get back so it's not cluttered. For now, it's fine with me!
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Post by SHO! on Apr 23, 2010 23:24:20 GMT -5
Wow, Canada to Argentina! What class is that and how can I sign up for it?!?
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Post by Corinne on May 22, 2010 14:14:56 GMT -5
Wow, Canada to Argentina! What class is that and how can I sign up for it?!? Well, my school is pretty awesome. They believe in the importance of travel as a way for youth to learn. It was a wonderful trip! Actually, we might as well keep this thread alive and rename it "Corinne's World Travels" or something, 'cause I do tend to disappear to other countries a lot if it's not too expensive. It would be useful to have this thread to be able to warn everyone when I go AWOL. So anyway, I'M BACK! ;D
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Post by SHO! on May 23, 2010 4:19:04 GMT -5
Wow, Canada to Argentina! What class is that and how can I sign up for it?!? Well, my school is pretty awesome. They believe in the importance of travel as a way for youth to learn. It was a wonderful trip! Actually, we might as well keep this thread alive and rename it "Corinne's World Travels" or something, 'cause I do tend to disappear to other countries a lot if it's not too expensive. It would be useful to have this thread to be able to warn everyone when I go AWOL. So anyway, I'M BACK! ;D Well, Welcome back! If you will keep this thread alive then perhaps you could teach the rest of us lessons on how to achieve country hopping goals. I'd love to see so many places in the world, I just have no clue as to how to foot the expense and time.
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Post by swankivy on May 24, 2010 11:04:32 GMT -5
Actually, we might as well keep this thread alive and rename it "Corinne's World Travels" And it seems that has mysteriously been done! . . . And feel free to tell us how your trip was. This is supposed to be the socializing section of the forum, after all, so if you have interesting news then feel free to share!
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Post by Corinne on May 24, 2010 16:10:10 GMT -5
Well, Welcome back! If you will keep this thread alive then perhaps you could teach the rest of us lessons on how to achieve country hopping goals. I'd love to see so many places in the world, I just have no clue as to how to foot the expense and time. I'd love to! I'm not sure I'd have that many helpful tips, since my situation is a bit different, being that I'm still a student, but I am good at getting by with very little money while I'm abroad, so I can try to give pointers on that. For instance, restaurants get expensive if you eat there continuously, so what my friends and I do is go to the grocery store to get food. If you're 5 or 6 people splitting the costs, it's a lot less expensive. Another thing that can be done is eating in groups and getting several things to be shared between all the group members; it's not as expensive in the end. I hadn't brought much money, so I mostly did what I just described, and I don't think I ever spent over $4 on a meal while I was in Argentina. (Obviously this varies—the Argentine peso isn't exactly the hardest of currencies.) You can also research the bus or train system in the city you'll be visiting. For example, in Montreal, there are public transit cards made specifically for tourists; that way, instead of paying the full $2.75 every time, tourists can have unlimited access to the public transit system during their stay. If you're going to several places, it might be worth checking whether a lot of people do the same thing you're doing—there may be some sort of train plan that'll be less expensive than booking each ticket individually. It's also great to get in contact with people you know in the area, though obviously that's not always possible if you've never met anyone from the place you're visiting; they might offer valuable tips and maybe even a place to stay! So that's it for now with the tips. I don't know if they're actually helpful or if they just seem sort of generic; if they're helpful, though, I'll be glad to supply more if I think of any! I also wish I could see the world! There are so many places to visit and to discover! My friends and I love to go together. We're taking a bus to Toronto in a few weeks—we're going to spend a few days there and visit the city. Granted, that isn't really exotic, but it's still an opportunity to go see something new! Actually, we might as well keep this thread alive and rename it "Corinne's World Travels" And it seems that has mysteriously been done! Oh, my, how did that happen? . . . And feel free to tell us how your trip was. This is supposed to be the socializing section of the forum, after all, so if you have interesting news then feel free to share! Sure! The trip was an obligatory one—all the students in my grade (I go to a very small school, so that's only about 25 students) had to stay in Argentina for at least two weeks, though practically everyone chose to stay longer. This trip happens every year; all the first-year students go to a Latin American country to study in a new environment for a few weeks. (First year of CEGEP, in case anyone was wondering—CEGEP only exists in Quebec and consists of two years of pre-university studies.) This was the first time our school went to Argentina. We spent the first two weeks in a city called Mendoza, which is located right across the mountains from Chile. We were studying and staying with local families; my stay with that family didn't work out very well, to tell the whole truth, but most of my schoolmates had a blast with the people whose house they were staying at, so I'm really happy it worked out so well for them! (My 16-year-old correspondent wasn't very mature; she just kept to her regular routine of calling up her boyfriend and napping a lot and didn't take me around the city at all. I would have liked to go out on my own, but though I asked many times to be taken to the tourism office, I never did get the map I wanted, and this family lived an hour away from the city centre, so it wasn't really feasible for me to explore the city alone. I still had a lot of fun with my friends during the day, though, so I'm not complaining!) After leaving Mendoza, we took a night bus to the town of Concordia, which is right across the river from Chile. While we were there, we did volunteer work for a nearby school. Those of us who spoke Spanish the best also got to go on TV and answer reporters' questions about the trip—I'm very honoured to have been picked, but I despise cameras when I'm not the one filming! I made some friends there, which means I now have to answer some of my emails in Spanish. It was really great! We visited Buenos Aires for a day before taking the plane back to Canada. While I was there, I got together with a couple of Argentine friends I had met in Germany last year. (Weird, huh?) The plane ride was very long, but we spent most of it trying to sleep, so it seemed to pass more quickly. That's my trip in a nutshell, though I'd be pleased to elaborate if anyone's interested! ;D
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Post by Corinne on Jul 26, 2010 10:34:16 GMT -5
Sorry about posting twice, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I was going to disappear again to go visit some relatives in Lebanon. I will be back in approximately two weeks. Speak to you all then!
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