Day 12: Thursday 5/19/11

Last day! Activities day! Today we got up early and went for a final shopping trip. I got some last minute things to bring back and also a delicious pastry. After our quick shopping, we all meet up in the lobby to go to the university. We had a quick lecture about the exchange program at Santa Maria (the university). Some people in the group are thinking about studying aboard here in Chile at the university. Then we had lunch in the cafeteria, it was like a fried fish and potatoes with rice and flan for dessert. The flan was nasty, but everything else was pretty good. After lunch we went down the courts to play 'activities' aka futbol and basketball. I played the futbol and had a good time, but got tired of it soon and decided to just sit with the other girls and watch them play. The Chileans are very good at futbol, but we definitely held our own! Then we went back to the hotel to get ready for our pizza party tonight. Werner invited everyone to a gourmet pizza place. When we got to the place the pizza was already out and ALL of our Chilean friends were there. I didn't realize that when we were all together there was so many of us, over the 2 weeks we made about 15 Chilean friends who were all at the pizza place. We had a great time and the pizza was very interesting, it had a lot of different toppings on it-like you would not see in the States. Everything was very good and I enjoyed trying the different pizzas. At the pizza place, the Chileans gave us Santa Maria sweatshirts-that are SO NICE. They are all embroidered with their logo and our logo and they look amazing. I am very grateful. After the dinner, we went with all our student friends to the hollywood pub. After we went to another 'discoteca' and had another long, fun, great night ! I did not want to say goodbye to any of the them! They are such great people that made this whole experience so worthwhile.