Day 7: Spa Day!

May 12, 2012

Hola amigos! Today was such a fun day, as it was our first day without having lectures, company visits, or classes of any sort, so from 11;00 to 6;00, we went to the Chilean spa. This spa was not just an ordinary spa though, as it did have pools and saunas and massages, but it also had a soccer field, ping pong tables, foosball tables, and other really fun stuff to do. We first played soccer with the Chilean students, and while they were really good, I feel like we were able to hold our own against them. We split up into three teams, two American teams and one Chilean team, and played games of 4 on 4 plus goalies, with the first team to two goals winning. Our teams were actually able to win a couple of games, and I actually scored the very last goal to win the last game we played! It was exciting. After that we had an awesome lunch, as it was a buffet style meal filled with Chilean dishes, and the food was amazing! After our wonderful lunch, played a lot of ping pong and foosball and basically just hung out with the Chilean students, and even played a game of "Name the movie that this music is from". After our spa day ended, we went to the house of Professor Werner, the head of the program here on the Chilean side, for a barbecue. The food was delicious, and again we just got to hang out with the students, play more foosball (I'm becoming really good at foosball) and just generally have a good time. Now we are back at the hotel, and about to go out for Abby's birthday!

 Playing soccer with the Chilean students

Joanie, Allison, and I having fun at the barbecue

Fun fact of the day: In Chile, the movie Jaws is called "El Tiburon" which simply means "The Shark"

Hasta mañana,
Christian