Today was spent entirely at a nearby location that seemed
like a country club. It had both heated and non-heated pools, a tennis court,
and restaurant. Although it was a bit breezy in the morning, the sun was very
warm by the afternoon. Justine, Kelsey, Josh, Brendan and I tanned by the cold
pool since it was less crowded. We also talked to Consuelo, Ignacio, and
Valeria. They at one point told us that Chileans don’t really eat peanut
butter, which is why we’ve never seen it in stores. This may affect my plans of
moving here, I’ll have to see if I can have a few jars shipped ahead of time.
We then went to lunch, which was a plate of fries, egg, and
beef, followed by a salad. Dessert was a lemon pie and some sort of mousse.
After lunch some people played soccer, while the rest of us sat around the pool
some more. After seeing all of the injuries that happened in soccer these past
few days, I was happy I stuck to tanning.
At around 4, we walked about 4 blocks down the road to
Verner’s (Santa Maria’s head of Industrial Engineering and our Chilean
correspondent) house. I have to say Verner has one of the most fun backyards
I’ve been to. He had an outdoor kitchen, foosball and ping pong tables, as well
as apples trees and grape vines. He also had a pool, though it was definitely
too cold to swim in. He had hired a chef to cook us pork sausages and
chicken/beef kebobs, which were all delicious. A few people even helped him to
build an extra table since the ones he had weren’t large enough for everyone to
sit. It was so much fun to eat, chat, and play games together since the trip is
starting to wind down. I think we all very much appreciated that Verner would
go out of his way to make sure we all had a great time. I’m really going to
miss everyone; these two weeks have gone way too fast.
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