Thursday. The last day of the symposium in Santiago.
Today we were at Universidad Catolico for a half-day of cancer talks. Desfortudamente, el primero presentacion fue en espanol. But the rest of the talks were great, and then we again had the chance to stroll around some artisan shops at the base of the Cerro Santa Lucia (which you may remember from day one).
We hopped on the trusty bus from yesterday (no pushing required this time) and headed out to Pablo's house for an afternoon bbq. To be clear, Pablo is the owner of the apartment that we're staying in , the organizer of this trip/conference, and the co-founder of Chiron (cha-ching!).
His house was ridiculous. Nine acres outside of Sanitago, with llamas, baby alpacas, fancy pheasants, peacocks, y mucho, mucho mas. Naturally, he hosted a very nice lunch, with some tremendous cuts of meat (estimated 20 pounds each?) and Chilean wine.
After lunch, it was time for the 2nd annual Norteamercano vs. Sudamericano soccer match. It lasted several hours. Julie was the only girl, and boosted the state of international relations by referring to members of the opposing team as 'la polla' (the classic american chicken taunt) when they refused to challenge her. The game was really fun, and ended up as an everybody-wins tie.
Pablo's daughter rounded out the afternoon by playing us a few numbers from her upcoming album (she is a 'pop-jazz' pianist, now featured on Chilean TV and radio). She has a beautiful rich voice.
Pictures from Pablo's house:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/555308974scYJKj
After catching the bus home, we made some pizza with Brad, Joy, and Megan at our apartment.
Pictures of us eating pizza:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2067288900068603089ArHpDh
We then went out to a discoteca called Tunel with the whole group, and stayed out dancing until 5 am!
http://community.webshots.com/album/555170599QJdOoD?start=24
Pictures from the club:
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