Partying it up in Santiago

Last night, our guide took us to a party in someone´s apartment. We met up with some of the people we had seen earlier and their girlfriends. The party was pretty different from a party in America. For one, everyone stayed seated almost the entire time. Also, instead of there being food to grab and eat, someone would pass around a bowl of chips or some other food and everyone would take a little and pass it on. At some point, one of our Chilean friends tried to teach us how to play a game known as Liar´s Dice in English. Later on, one of the Chileans busted out a picture of Pinochet and we toasted to him. This was followed by discussion about whether Salvador Allende killed himself or was killed by Pinochet´s men. All the Chileans agreed that Pinochet was a good dude. I found this alarming, but didn´t want to bring up a differing view concerning politics. Eventually, we staggered home.

Today, we slept for a while and then went to someone´s apartment to watch Chile play Brazil in soccer. We had some barbecue including Chile´s version of a hot dog. The Chileans seemed to be holding out for while, but the game quickly turned ugly and the team lost three to nothing. We left and headed to the supermarket to buy some towels and school supplies and then returned to the school.

Tomorrow we are going to be inprocessed into our company and do all the necessary administrative stuff that comes with that.