:: Two Years in Chile ::

This Saturday marks two years in Chile (this time around, as there were the other ten months in 2010-2011).

Two years since Carlos and I flew from London with no jobs, no home and just five suitcases of all of our belongings between us. Two years since I felt the most terrified I’ve felt. And two years feeling that it really was nowhere as scary as I thought it would be! 

Two years sounds like a long time to me, it sounds like a fair chunk of time. Yet, if you ask me how long I’ve lived in Chile, I would probably say one year. I’d never say two… it just doesn’t feel like two.

On the other hand, we’ve done so much in two years and been through so many changes. So, these are my two years in numbers:

1 year

24 months

5 interviews for…

1 job (the longest selection process I’ve known)

2 homes

1 wedding

1 honeymoon {Colombia}

4 return international flights (Lima, Peru | Cartagena, Colombia | London x 2)

5 return domestic flights (Arica | Temuco | Puerto Montt | Balmaceda | Punta Arenas)

Thousands of times feeling grateful for the Internet that allows me to be in touch with home so easily

13 weeks of teacher holidays per year!

1 bike bought and used a lot!

Thousands of photos taken

5 trips to my favourite colourful city, Valparaiso.

Many mountains climbed and loved

Days craving for London

1 knitting project completed

1 car bought

4 blogger friends met

… and many more made online

7 years celebrated with Carlos and almost 2 married

2 visits from my parents

0 concerts (but 2 coming up in the next month)

38 degrees of melting (the hottest temperature I’ve felt in Chile yet)

Hundreds of sunsets enjoyed

Too many amazing yoga classes attended to count

5 food safari evenings

4 x 500g of marmite consumed!

Many great friends made

1 blog linkup created (yay for Wanderful Wednesday)

4 weddings attended (and 3 coming up before the end of the year)

10 visits from friends across the globe (6 of these for our wedding)

Many Chilean words learnt

… let’s see what else is in store!

Marcella xx

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