Today was our last busy day of the trip which is good in the sense that we don't have to get up at 7 anymore but it's sad that this trip is starting to have last days of something. For example today was our last day of company visits. Today we went to the Santiago Stock Exchange located in downtown Santiago. A woman from the exchange talked to us about how the exchange is different from the New York Stock Exchange b/c not only do they deal with stocks but they also deals with bonds and other forms of capital. We also got to walk on the floor of the exchange. Surprisingly there weren't any people working on the floor b/c now the exchange is all online. Brokers only need to go on their computers and work from their offices. After the Exchange we went sightseeing through downtown santiago and then headed to a fish market that has a restaurant inside and we had tons of fresh seafood. And yes dad i ate everything that they gave me! I had tons of different shellfish, calamari, a fish with fins on it, salmon, swordfish, Conrio, and something called reneca? It was absolutely delicious and after we went to a mountain and took a tram up that showed all of Santiago and the Andes at once. I also got some really pretty jewelry from a vendor there. I can't wait to put pictures up eventually.
Tomorrow we are heading to Isla Negra where Pablo Neruda lived so I'm excited.
Monday, May 17, 2010
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