{"id":4590,"date":"2020-05-04T15:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4590"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:35:20","slug":"chile-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/chile-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Chile: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nFind a handkerchief and a dance partner! Consider learning the Chilean national dance known as <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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mMqWTYXy_vs\">Torres del Paine<\/a> National Park!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch 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<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive 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<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead 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<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange 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<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall 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<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nChile has one of the longest coastlines in the world at just about 4,000 miles long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Find a handkerchief and a dance partner! Consider learning the Chilean national dance known as la 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 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/chile-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4591,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4590","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4592,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4590\/revisions\/4592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}