Hola!
Santiago was beautiful! We arrived on Tueday morning and had the day to play. We had visits on Wednesday and Thursday, and then checked out of our hotel on Friday morning to head for Vina del Mar. While in Santiago, we explored the city, rode the metro, took taxis, saw the temple, went shopping, and visited Banco Santander and the U.S. Embassy.
Our first company visit was to Banco Santander--the fourth largest bank in the world. This is a picture of me and Brittney in the cool bridge/building connector thing between Banco Santander business buildings...
Banco Santander is on the left. That bridge/walkway thing is awesome! We went and stood inside it and took a gazillion pictures.
Lunch break!
Lauren, Eddie, me, Kristina
Sam, me, Lauren, and Derrik riding on the bus from Banco Santander to the U.S. Embassy... and playing cards. :) It's so fun to ride the bus throughout the city, we get to see some amazing things. I love just looking at everything in the city as we drive along--there's just SO much to look at!!!
Maren and I after our visit to the US Embassy in Chile!That was one of my favorite visits so far.
Eddie and I on the way to a company visit.
Eddie and I on the way to a company visit.We ride this sweet bus everywhere we go. We have this great guide named Marcello who is a Chilean native and tells us these great things about the city, etc.
We visited this mineral production/manufacturing company to see their operations and processes. This company produces rubber and its products go to mines and fisheries. We took a tour of their plant, and listened to a presentation. They were awesome hosts and it was fascinating! This is Sam and I sporting the safety goggles at our visit to Weir Minerals.
ai lot yu!
The view of Santiago, from the hill of Cerra Saint Lucia.
Cerra Saint Lucia, where Santiago was first founded.
During some free hours, we walked to the Santiago temple!
Jake, Chris, Jaquie, Maren, me, Lauren, Will
Dinner at the pizzaria! 
Brent got some crazy pizza... with fried eggs on top!
We visited this mineral production/manufacturing company to see their operations and processes. This company produces rubber and its products go to mines and fisheries. We took a tour of their plant, and listened to a presentation. They were awesome hosts and it was fascinating! This is Sam and I sporting the safety goggles at our visit to Weir Minerals.
Safety first.
ai lot yu!
The view of Santiago, from the hill of Cerra Saint Lucia.
Cerra Saint Lucia, where Santiago was first founded.
During some free hours, we walked to the Santiago temple!
It took like 30 minutes to walk there from our hotel... and 10 minutes and 500 pesos to take thet taxi back home afterward, haha! It was way cool. It was on the side of a busy Santiago street, but it was awesome because as soon as you stepped onto the temple grounds, you just felt peace, quiet, calm, safety. There were tons of cars and traffic etc all around, but everything was peaceful on the temple grounds.
The back temple grounds were my favorite, soo pretty!
The back temple grounds were my favorite, soo pretty!
Jake, Chris, Jaquie, Maren, me, Lauren, Will
Dinner at the pizzaria!
Maren's pizza had bananas and mine had cherries. Way good.
Brent got some crazy pizza... with fried eggs on top!
It must have not been too bad cuz he ate the whole thing!
Jaquie and I had a blue bathroom. :)
Santiago was amazing!
-darcy
Jaquie and I had a blue bathroom. :)
Santiago was amazing!
-darcy
Awesome pictures! Looks like you have TONS keeping you busy there! How fun! I SO wish I had done some sort of study abroad!
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