We started off this morning by not waking up to a alarm. It decided not go off. So at 7:55 my roommates and I were all scrambling trying to be ready by 8:15. After we all finally got dress we headed to the lobby where we met two Chilean students. From there we had our first bus experience. It went well minus a few bumps and turns along the way.
We arrived to the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in one piece. The front of the university had the will of the man who left his life earnings for the university to be built. After walking up a crazy amount of stairs we then took a tour of the campus. It was very interesting to see how the whole campus had gothic architecture. In some ways it was kind of similar to the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt. After our tour we headed to a classroom where Mimo gave us a lecture on Chilean culture, history, and literature. The lecture was interesting and pretty much interactive, which kept most of us awake. Mimo was very good about linking our expectation and what we want to gain from this trip with how we will actually see it in Chile. After our lecture we had lunch in the university cafeteria. After criticizing Market central, I realized it’s not actually that bad.
From lunch we got on the bus to explore the city of Valparaiso. We learned about how it is a main place to receive imports and we actually got to see it first hand when we got to the top of the hillside. The tram that usually works was out of service so we ended up walking up the incline the back way. Once at the top there was a bunch of little shops to by things. I was so cold due to the fact the weather website clearly got the forecast wrong in Chile, so I ended up buying myself a scarf. After shopping around and taking pictures from the top we descended down.
From there we took a 20 minutes bus ride to another town next to Vina del Mar. We visited a famous church and ate the most amazing empanadas ever. My first one was filled with cheese, chicken, and mushrooms. After seeing a few people order the Carmel and banana ones I knew I had to get it! It was unreal along with very messy, we basically wiped the place clean of napkins. Finally we ended our day with Reggaton lesson. I can’t dance so it ended up being kind of a disaster but it was a lot of fun and the instructors were really into it. After dancing the Chilean students took all of us out, showing us some of the nightlife here.
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