Presentations, Jaime, and Futbol, Oh My!

Alas, today was finally the long awaited presentation day!  After another lovely bus ride to the university, we all finally had our chance to present to Jaime about our companies.  Everyone did a great job, and Jaime provided additional information about each company.  This man might just be the smartest man I ever met, knowing a details about everything.  We then discussed the oddities of Chile, and of course one important discussion was the amount of stray dogs.  I personally asked him why the Chileans were always annoyed when we paid with the 10000 peso bill, and he explained how typically the Chileans do not make that much in a day, and so breaking that bill is more difficult for them.  These kinds of topics really make you think about the Chilean culture, and how it differs from ours.  The 10000 peso bill is the equivalent of a 20 dollar bill, which is a common form of payment in the United States.  Moreover, he explained why items such as clothing were so expensive, and said how many of the clothes purchased in Chile are from cheaper markets rather than the mall.  He let us leave early, so all of us enjoyed the weather outside and took a million pictures together.  We left the university, skipping what would have undoubtedly been another delicious meal, to go back to the hotel and change into proper soccer attire.  We then ran over to the mall, and I had an extremely healthy Burger King lunch to get me ready for running around.  Extremely full, we headed up a big hill to play soccer against the Chileans.  We split up into four teams, and I was on a team with Colin, Hannah, Jeff, Kelsey, and two Chileans.  Everyone was actually pretty good, and we had more games than I could count.  I haven't played soccer since I was five years old, but I still really enjoyed running around.

Jeff and Morgan doing a fabulous job presenting

A view from the university

Everyone enjoying the soccer game