Another Day with both of the Javiers...so lucky

Waking up early in the mornings are still not able to be done with ease, especially after a night out with the Chilean students. We started the day early with breakfast with some fresh bread that was literally right out of the oven, I am going to be taking advantage of the delicious bread from here on out. We then had a 2 hour voyage to the city of Santiago in which I think everyone on the bus decided it was a good idea to get some rest, immediately once the bus pulled away from the hotel. Once we were there, we walked down their version of New York, it had a bunch of banks, similiar to a mini version of Wall Street, so it was a plus that we were all dressed up. We were informed of the basic structure of their stock exchange during a presentation, talking about how the private companies are available to the public for investments with a broker as the mediator. We did not really ask many questions because most of us didn't know much about the stock exchange and for those of us that did, could not really find much to ask about. After the stock exchange we went to the cathedral and the Natural History Museum, both of which were extraordinary and a complete culture shock. After a nice large lunch at Agusto and having the best salmon of my life, we went on the incline and saw the Virgin Mary statue. I will never forget standing at the top of the mountain with the statue behind us, I wish my camera did not run out of battery.