Farewell Dinner: Chile

         After informative and interesting trips to Wayra and The Santiago Stock Exchange the group had one of its last four dinners at El Meson Nerudiano. It was bittersweet to be at the last dinner, but we all took the time to reminisce on our unreal experiences and be express how appreciative we were for the oppurtunity to go on this trip.

The teachers table (I was able to sneak in the picture)

The restaurant was close to our hotel, and it gave us a great selection of traditional Chilean food for one of the last times. We arrived at the restaurant at around 8:30 where we were greeted with some delicious appetizers which included beef empinadas, which were a huge hit on the trip, along with a variety of other seafood tapas.

Stephanie Skiba enjoying her appetizers

We received an option of steak and potatoes, giant crab cakes, or fish and quinoa! Steak and fish were two of the foods we saw the most during the trip, and giant crab cakes were quite a wildcard. It was nice that this dinner provided us with some foods that we saw many times on the trip, along with allowing us to try some new Chilean food.

Steak that we were served

 

Griffin enjoying his dinner

Mike Dalton said, "Dinner was delicious and fun, it let us taste the different culture for the last time. My steak was cooked perfectly, very fitting meal to formally end the trip".

Our dinner was coordinated by Francisca. She did a great job touring us around Chile, and showing us some of the most interesting and historical locations. When asked about the dinner she said, "Everything was very good, and she was happy to spend the time with us. She also really enjoyed our trip, and hoped that we loved Chile."

Srdan along with Liam, Ryan, Mike, and half of Charles at dinner

Our final dinner was filled with flavorful food, many laughs, and some interesting pictures. At the dinner it was great to see the bonds that were made during the trip, and how close all of the students and instructors had become. This bond made a trip that was very educational very enjoyable as well. Our dinner was the perfect formal conclusion to this once in a lifetime opportunity. At the conclusion of the dinner we all got a great night of sleep to prepare for water rafting, horse back riding, hiking and zip lining the next day!