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Jan 24 2024

The first week of classes included lectures, museum visits, church tours, and silly games. On the weekend, students went out on adventures big and small with their host families.

 

On Saturday morning, some students didn’t go on family outings. Instead, they choose to run away with the circus, the circus being Klever and Cristóbal hiking through Parque Metropolitano.

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