Today was our first full day in Vina del Mar and Valparaiso. We had to get up super early and head to the university. The architecture and layout of the campus was beautiful, I feel like every room had a view of the ocean. The lectures were very interesting, Jose Cortes did an excellent job of involving the students and realy making us thing and connect ideas. Then we took a city tour of Vina del Mar and Valparaiso. It was very cool to see the port and all of the containers. Then I’m pretty sure we climbed a mountain, even though Jose told us it was a big hill. There were a lot of steps, worse than climbing to the Pete, but the view was much better. You could see everything from up there and it was beautiful. Then we did a little shopping for local artesan goods. I got some souvenirs for people at home, and I think I’m getting a hang of changing pesos to dollars. Celsius to Farenheit is still beyond my understanding though. During the tour we stopped near Renaca to get empanadas. I got two, one was chicken and cheese, which was pretty good, and the other was carmel and banana. SO SO GOOD. It was a complete mess to eat but well worth it because it was so good. Then we rode back to the university. While we were waiting for our dance class to start, we attempted to get coffee. The coffee here is all instant I’m pretty sure, but it’s still really good. Then we had our dance class, and our instructor was hilarious. He didn’t know much English, but it didn’t matter. That just proves how important body language and gestures are for communicating. Then we went out with some Chilean students and we tried pisco. Muy fuerte. It was nice to see everyone and talk in a different more casual atmosphere though, I learned a lot about everyone!
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