LAN Airlines

On Wednesday morning we had to wake up very early to attend a lecture at the University.  The lecture was about Chilean culture, literature, and natural disasters, most specifically the major earthquakes that have affected Chile over the years, including the most recent one in 2010.  We watched live videos of the earthquake, which showed how destructive the earthquake was.  After our lecture we had lunch in the university cafeteria again.  This time they served empanadas so it was an enjoyable lunch.  Once we all ate we took a two-hour bus ride to the LAN headquarters in Santiago.  This long bus ride allowed us all to catch up on some much needed sleep.  LAN is the largest and number one rated airline company in South America so it was nice to have an opportunity to visit a company with such great business operations.  An executive from LAN gave us a presentation about the company’s different airplanes such as the cargo and passenger planes.  They just bought new planes that will be more efficient for the environment and the company.  After this visit we went back to the University for our second round of Salsa lessons.  This lesson was more advanced than the first one, but I think we all danced pretty well, especially for beginners.  Hopefully we can impress some people with our dance moves.  We were hungry once again after a lot of dancing and we had our first taste of Chilean McDonald’s.  The food was a little different than food at McDonald’s back home.  After we ate we went back to the hotel and got ready for a night out with the Chilean students.  Nights out in Chile last much longer than nights out in the United States.