Day 3 in Chile: Customs and Traditions!

Today is Tuesday, May 10^th 2011 and we spent a lot of time at the University. We left the hotel at around 10 o’clock to go to the University for lectures on Chilean business. When we arrived at the University, we saw a gentleman, who was preparing for graduation. As previously mentioned in my last blog post, the tradition at this University is to throw the graduate into the pool with their clothes on immediately after they graduate. We watched some of his friends make his congratulation poster outside when he was not around. Unfortunately, we missed his graduation and did not get to see him thrown in the pool, but when we were walking through the University later in the day, we saw his poster with a large piece of his tie and the ponytail that he used to have. Today, we learned a lot about business in South America. Our lecture was very detailed on each country located in South America. We discussed the many interesting details about South American countries, such as the economies, laws, imports, and exports. After the lecture, we asked many questions we had concerning Chile and South America. Later, we ate lunch at the University and presented our power points on our companies to get feedback before we begin visiting them tomorrow. After our presentations, we learned reggaeton, which was extremely fun! I enjoyed reggaeton much more than salsa because it is easier to move with the flow and most of it is in your hips. Salsa, on the other hand, requires a lot of specific steps and movements, which is more difficult for me to do. Once we finished dancing for the day, we got McDonalds and then went to the supermarket for some snacks. I am planning on going to bed early tonight since tomorrow will be an early morning.