Today was our first day in Chile! After getting off that almost 10 hour plane ride, which didn’t feel that long even though I barely slept. After getting our visa and going through customs we were on our way. Just as we got outside we realized we needed to get peso. We found an ATM, figured out how to translate it , and it was time to get on the bus. Almost instantly we all feel asleep for the ride to our Hotel. When we arrived to the hotel it wasn’t what I initial expected, but that wasn’t a bad thing. We got our room and got semi situated. Then we had our first meeting to go over all the basics.
At 12:00 (well a little later because the boys took longer then the girls to get ready), we went off to find a place for lunch. As we walked around, it was interesting to see that many of the shops were closed on Sundays. Finally we came across this place where all 17 of us crammed into the upper part the restaurant. After many of us had no clue what to order, we made our picks. When it came out, some people were more surprised then others. After lunch, as we walked back, we were serenaded with the sound of a street man playing carnival songs from his cart and blowing bubbles. We stopped by the super market and got some things for our rooms. I was excited that they had coke light. I find it to be even better then diet coke.
From there we dropped our stuff off at the hotel and then walked in the other direction. Then we came across the McDonald’s we had heard so much about. It was amazing. It was very big and very clean inside, and even had a McCafé. We then went onwards to the beach and walked around for a few hours.
For dinner we all met at 6:00 in the lobby and then went searching for a Mexican meal. We found a place where the menu had translation, which made ordering a lot easier than it had been for lunch. After dinner we got back to hotel where we got our steel toe shoes for our company visits. Finally, to finish up the long day, we went to get some gelato a few blocks away. To get ice cream you needed to pick a number, however I forgot how to say number and instead asked the lady for a name. I was politely corrected and finally got my gelato. This first day in Chile was a lot of fun, but I was so tired. I can’t wait for tomorrow. We are going the university.
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