Today we were back in the swing of company visits. We woke up at 7:15 to get dressed up in our profession attiure becuaser today we were going to the Chilean Stock Exchange called Bolsa de Comercio. After a little over an hour and half drive in to Santiago we arrive. As we walked along the crowded street of the city it looked like any other major city in the world, lots of people trying to get to where they need to be. When we arrive in to Bolsa de Comericio we headed to an auditorium where we got to watch a short film on what they do, how they work, who is involved and all the logistics. It was extremely informative. After that video we then saw a power point that look more closely in how the stock exchange operates and some of their major companies. One thing that I was really looking forward to was actually going to the trading floor. Well, that didn’t happen. It turned out it was under construction at this time and no one was allowed in. That was rather disappointing and made the experience a little less of exciting. After asking one of the engineers who works with the computer system, because now most thing are done by the click of the mouse, we took a picture with a picture of the old trade floor.
From there it was time to explore the city a little bit. As we walked around downtown we notice this very large white building with the biggest Chilean flag I have ever seen! It turned out to be the La Monada aka Chile’s white house aka where their president lives. We all took pictures in the front with guards. It was really cool and the weather was in our favor yet again which made the day even better. After that we went into gorgeous old church and walked around. The architecture in the church was beautiful and actually reminded of some of the churches I had seen in Eastern Europe. We finished our walk around the city by visiting a National History Museum of Chile. It was really interesting to seem most the paintings were of the Spaniard when they had first come to Chile In the 1800’s.
For lunch today we ate at Donde Augusto. This was a seafood restaurant in the middle of a pescaderia, a fish market at Mercado Central (market central, not the one at PITT). The smell was a little much but I knew the food was going to be unreal. Throughout my time in Chile, I have been in search for Chilean Sea bass. I have had it in the states, and up to this point I was starting to think that in America we had just made up the name. Finally today I saw it on the menu and had to go for it! So I ended up getting Chilean Sea bass with some type of lump crab meat sauce. It was unreal.
To end our day in Santiago we went up this huge incline that looked over the entire city. It was really pretty but at some point due to all the pollution in the city the smog made it hard to see out. At the top of the incline there were shops and this stand where you could get Mote con Husesillos that translates to mean “little bones” but really it is really ripened peaches, soaked in tea with these little rice like things. It looked weird but tasted great. At the very top of this mountain sit’s a statue of “Blessed Mary”. It is huge, and is there to watch over/protect the whole city. Overall it was a really eventful day and I enjoyed it. Tomorrow we have a free morning and then activities at the University; it should be a fun last full day.
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