Today we had more early lectures at the University! Today's lectures were much better and more interesting...they were about the Chilean culture, previous earthquakes, literature, and the history of Chile. The man running the lectures was a past student in Chile who was involved in the program that worked with the Pittsburgh students. We ate lunch in the Unversity again, but it was not very good. It was an empanada filled with meat and onions. We also had Flan with it, but I could not eat it because it was so disgusting...lunch was not very good today. Today's visit was to LAN airline company. LAN is the main airline company in Chile. We sat in on a presentation about the company and were able to ask a ton of questions about how the company does business with other parts of the world, how they developed into the major company in Chile without any competition, and how they are planning on improving their planes. We were also able to get pretty close to the planes, but were not able to go in them. It was very interesting to learn about this company and the types of decisions Chileans make in their business, for example, during their hiring process, people are required to speak spanish and english. It was a great experience and very helpful to learn. The company visit was all the way in Santiago again so by the time we got back to the hotel, it was time to go to salsa class. Today I had a new partner and we practiced more advanced steps...I am pretty good I must say so...just kidding! Haha. Lastly, after salsa class, the chilean students picked us up around 11 pm and took us to a club called Journal. It was two stories and we all sat around and mingled with other Chilean students. Also at this club were a lot of other international students as well. There was a ton of dancing and it was a lot of fun!
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