Today was an okay sort of day. We woke up early and had two company visits. The first was Hela, a tool making company. We took a tour of the company and saw how each tool was hand crafted. It was really interesting to learn that every tool was made partly from a machine, but also by hand. People had to monitor every tool being made. I also got to see some tools I had never even seen before. My grandpa would have really appreciated this company visit. We then got back on the bus and started on our way to the second company, but had to make a pit stop at the gas station. One thing completely different from Chile and the U.S. is that Chileans have to wear full piece uniforms at the gas station. All of us went into the gas station and bought Doritos and water…Im sure the lady ringing us up at the station was so excited we all came. Then we visited Centauro, a company that makes canned food. The man giving us the tour was extremely nice. Their two most popular items are peaches and tomato paste so the man put them out for us to try. The peaches were amazing- the best peaches I have ever had. The tomato paste was okay, but very strong. We then took a tour of all the machines that compresses the tomatoes and then the machines that can the peaches. Centauro is actually starting a new product of pumpkin paste, so we were able to see it being made. That was an exciting visit actually. After the two visits, we came back to the city and got empanadas for dinner…what else is new? Next we traveled to the university and met up with two native Chileans who taught us the national dance, Cueca. The dance was extremely difficult and it was not my favorite, but I was lucky enough to dance with Jorge, our advisor. It was so much fun dancing with Jorge! I was so tired after Cueca that I came back to the hotel and went right to bed. It was one of the best sleeps of my life…I slept from 9 pm – 10:30 am.
Me and Jorge at Hela Company
A bunch of us at Centauro company
Cueca teachers!
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