This morning we were back to our early morning schedule and set out to catch a public bus around 8:30. We headed to USM to listen to our last lecture on Chilean business and to give our presentations on the companies that we researched. We've already visited most of the companies so those groups were able to incorporate more information about each company while they were speaking. We visit the company I researched, Conservas Centauro, tomorrow along with Hela, a hardware company. After all five groups presented Jaime took the floor again but instead of a lecturing, he let us ask any questions we had about Chilean business or Chile in general now that we've seen the country some more. We ended up talking about the health care system and the HidroAysen project to build a dam in the south of Chile. We ate lunch at the university cafeteria for the last time, and then caught a bus back to the hotel so we could change before heading out to play more soccer.
We all made our way to a group of turf fields on a hill by the mall and found out that we would be playing against the Chilean girls, and the boys would be playing against the male students we've met. When we arrived at the fields, there was only one female Chilean student there, so we split ourselves into two teams and played. My complete lack of soccer skills was evident when I let in multiple goals, but everyone had a good time. On our way home we stopped at some outdoor shops and then got empanadas from a little shop a few blocks from Hotel America.
Tomorrow we are visiting our last two companies and then learning how to dance cueca, the national Chilean dance!
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