Tuesday May 17^th. Today was another day of relaxation. We had to be up and ready to go around 10 am. We went to a spa that had several different pools to swim in, but all pools were a tad bit cold and required a swimming cap which cost money, except for the pool indoors, which we weren’t even supposed to be in. But we were there anyway and my boy and I had a nice little nap under the heat lamps. We waited about a half an hour for the lady to get off her lunch break so we could get our massages. But we slept 45 min overtime and she still never returned. So we had to accept the fact that we weren’t getting the massages that we had waited on day. Some of the group continued to pursue their tanning project while others ate ice cream and empanadas. This was a very nice place to vacation at. There were a total of more or less 7 pools that could hold quite a large number of people if it came down to that. This was quite a beautiful place to be in after a long horseback riding day yesterday. I must admit that I had different expectations of this place today but it’s not like it the place disappointed me. The lunch that we had was quite delicious. One other student and I even came up with a new and tasty drink called…. Well you’ll have to speak to one of us in detail about the ingredients so we don’t give away our ideas.

But after the long stay at the spa, we returned to the hotel. I got some sleep before we went out to Werner’s (professor at University of Santa Maria) place to eat a well-deserved barbeque. We did a lot of dancing at his place and even got to play some games that would normally not be acceptable. But the event was quite fun. The Chilean students taught us some of their traditional dances and we taught them some classic United States dances as well. When we came back to the hotel afterwards, most of us prepared to go out for the night while others decided to take a rain check. Either way, those who went out and partied had a good time as well as those who decided to call it a night I’m sure.