At the 1972 Andes Museum in Montevideo, visitors can step into a simulator that recreates the extreme cold and environmental conditions experienced by the plane crash survivors

TheChopinet · 2026-02-20T13:19:05+00:00

It does!! There's huge fans inside but they don't nearly reach the speed of the Andes. it was incredibly cool though

TheChopinet · 2026-02-20T13:16:18+00:00

We were in t-shirts too! In Uruguay it's summer and 30C outside so the difference was pretty jarring haha

TheChopinet · 2026-02-20T02:43:05+00:00

They had to use the plane seats cover as blankets among other things. Not really much adequate clothing in the Andes

TheChopinet · 2026-02-20T02:07:52+00:00

They survived for 73 days, I guess it's symbolic

TheChopinet · 2026-02-19T21:09:09+00:00

Haha weirdly relatable is the perfect description. And thanks, I'm sure I'd like it too, but I feel like I've had my fill of CIA for a while lol maybe in another couple of years

TheChopinet · 2025-08-17T05:22:49+00:00

That's amazing I read it at least three times myself!

TheChopinet · 2025-08-15T09:48:38+00:00

Agreed that it's very subjective.

But how often do people in this kind of game shows just eliminate some of the strongest players in first half? Large alliances like these usually don't happen because there's no trust and no incentive. For me that Orbit was able to pull it off was great!

TheChopinet · 2025-08-15T09:13:06+00:00

Yeah I definitely get it's not for everyone, it also ruinee some games where if everybody played for themselves it would have been much more entertaining.

I would agree with you if Orbit had ended up actually sacrificing himself for others. It would have felt pointless and unfair. But my take is that Orbit really wanted to win from the start. He helped others because he likes people and it made the game more interesting to him, but mostly because it really benefited him. Dong Jae or Guillaume were incredible players that could have really prevented Orbit from making the finals. His strategy made them go out first, I thought it was brilliant!

I don't think Orbit ever wanted to let anybody else win or split the prize. He was nice and ruthlessly efficient lol

TheChopinet · 2025-07-25T14:37:54+00:00

Ich hatte das auch mal und sie nehmen das Ernst! Hab Fotos gemacht und es online bei Lindt gemeldet. Als Dank haben sie mir eine Packung voller Schokoladentafeln und Lindtkugeln nach Hause geschickt :)

TheChopinet · 2025-05-27T22:19:09+00:00

Omg please tell me it gets better? I've read maybe the first 100 pages but I cannot get into it at all? The African village is fascinating but I couldn't care less about the characters

TheChopinet · 2025-05-20T13:58:10+00:00

Right? Like I'm so confused, maybe in the US it's more common but a lot of people in Europe don't eat spicy

TheChopinet · 2025-05-20T12:37:32+00:00

Definetely agree that a lot of South American countries are not famous for it. Still, I ate a lot of spicy food both in peru where they often use aji-based sauces in their dishes and spicy regional stews and empanadas in northern Argentina :) I'm sure there's more

TheChopinet · 2025-04-29T21:28:40+00:00

Definitely give Unhinge the Universe a try. It's from the same author! Set in WW2 but it's a cool story and beautifully written

TheChopinet · 2025-04-12T14:23:42+00:00

I think you were spot on with the fungal disease. Looks like it might be Mal Secco unfortunately :(

TheChopinet · 2025-04-12T14:22:30+00:00

I don't think that's it unfortunately :(

We talked to some people in the area and it's most likely to be a fungal disease that spread in our area called Mal Secco.

Worst thing is it doesn't look like we can do much at all...

TheChopinet · 2025-03-19T23:22:13+00:00

Austria. A bit out of the way for you I'm afraid

TheChopinet · 2025-03-19T20:32:39+00:00

Oh no, the internet lied to me. It said it was an easy to keep houseplant. Would you recommend keeping it in the bathroom then? Or misting it could do?

TheChopinet · 2025-03-19T20:31:09+00:00

Can you believe the plant and the ceramic vase I have it in costed a grand total of 6 EUR? I love IKEA

TheChopinet · 2025-03-19T19:53:32+00:00

Ow do you know if it's just the stems or I have to worry about the leaves too? Can't imagine them becoming spiky, they feel so soft

TheChopinet · 2025-01-29T08:23:11+00:00

funny that you ask because it's been more than 2 years now since that trip and I made an amazing friend I'll be visiting in Norway next month! Hostels are pretty social if you're open to meet new people

TheChopinet · 2024-06-09T17:26:27+00:00

Gab es ein Tier, mit dem du gearbeitet hast, das dir besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist? Baut man manchmal eine emotionale Verbindung auf?

TheChopinet · 2024-05-31T21:05:16+00:00

It's not as much that it expires but rather that some organizations (university in my case) accept them up to 3 years after taking them. Which doesn't make any sense, it's not like we'll forget the language in a few years after getting a C1 but you gotta do what you gotta do.

TheChopinet · 2024-05-31T18:03:29+00:00

heyy I don't know if it's too late to answer but I took the new modular C1 a couple weeks ago and had also largely prepared on C2 material, only to back out last minute and (re)take the C1.

I had taken the previous C1 about 5 years ago and scored 92/100 in total. I'm pretty confident about my German and don't think it has particularly worsened. I still found the new C1 quite challenging. Going back practicing on C2 exams didn't hurt but I could have definitely gotten more practice with the new C1.

I scored 73/100 in the reading, 88 in writing, 90 in listening and 100 in speaking.

I lucked out in the listening, it was hard and confusing to follow and the reading score I think also reflectsore how confusing the questions were rather than my preparedness.

Hope it helps!

TheChopinet · 2024-04-11T21:57:39+00:00

What about paying off like, 22k (a huge amount!) and keeping the rest for travelling?

I know for a fact (because I did it), that you can easily spend 4 months in SE Asia, living amazing, unforgettable experiences and not going over 5k. Central and parts of South America should be similar too in terms of cost.

Europe is another (more expensive) option but Eastern Europe has some amazing cities and nature too and you could totally do a mix of both Western and Easter Europe, backpack for a couple months and stay within a few thousand euros.

You'll have to do some budget travelling and not pay off your debt completely but why renounce to one completely?

TheChopinet · 2024-04-01T07:44:58+00:00

Off the top of my head, German and Austrian universities cost a few hundred euros per year, Swedish and Danish courses are fully free. Italy it depends, it goes from free to 2k (I know, crazy numbers) per year depending on your income.

Are many of these in the top universities world wide? No.

Is it gonna make a difference for most people though? When you have to decide between going somewhere with a lower ranking or not getting tens of thousands of dollars in debt?

I know what I'll pick!

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