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Finally Back
The time has come when I am finally going back to Mendoza. I look back and I cannot believe it has been four months since I landed on America. I have enjoyed great experiences here and learnt a lot about culture, English, myself, and, surprisingly, life as a whole. This week I want to share […]
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What Wine Represents in One of the World Wine Capitals
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.” ― Ernest Hemingway One of the main attractions that […]
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An American’s view of Mendoza
Up to now, I have posted about Mendoza from my own point of view. I have described places, moments, activities in my own words. In this week’s post, I decided to talk to Julia Roberson, a senior student at Dickinson College, majoring in Psychology and Spanish, who travelled to Mendoza last semester. In this interview, she describes […]
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A Weekend in “El Manzano Histórico” in Tunuyán
We are almost in the middle of November and the weather gets colder as days go by here in the US. Winter is coming to the North Hemisphere and, with it, the harsh weather conditions. The dark and cloudy sky looks quite the opposite of Mendoza’s blue and bright sky. In my home in the […]
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Friday Night in Mendoza
It is Friday afternoon. After a hard week of working and studying, the weekend is just around the corner. Dusk is falling in Mendoza and it invites me to relax and enjoy great moments with friends. Around seven p.m. I finish washing my car and start planning what I will do during the night. […]
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Digital Writing and the New Opportunities It Offers.
Digital writing has become increasingly important in the last decades. But, what exactly is digital writing? When we talk about digital writing, “we are referring to a transformed composing environment — that is, to writing produced on handheld and desktop … Continue reading
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A Trip to the Middle of the Mountains
Starting the Journey. I wake up early in the morning. It is Sunday, the perfect day to rest and enjoy Mendoza’s landscape. Today we are heading towards Valle del Sol, in Potrerillos. The night is slowly moving away giving place to the rising Sun that wants to become the owner of the sky, as it […]
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Why home?
When I was thinking about my first post, the title of my blog came instantaneously to my mind: “My Home Mendoza”, immediately followed by the question “What is home?” It sounded like a pretty silly, basic question, but I wanted to come up with a deep answer to it. I looked the word up in […]
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Writing about Home
Being away from my country and especially from Mendoza, my native province, is teaching me to appreaciate my own culture and hometown. “You don’t realize what you have until it’s gone,” goes the saying. Although Mendoza is not gone from my life … Continue reading
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What Makes an Excellent Post?
When it comes to creating a blog, as in any other type of writing, what we say-content- is very important. But it is also true that how we say it and, especially, how we present it to our audience- form- … Continue reading
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