Thursday

Thursday was the visit to the vineyard, Vina Indomita. Both the buildings (inside and out) and the area surrounding them were gorgeous, and our guide was really good. We walked between the rows and she let us taste some of the few remaining merlot grapes. I really liked this one cave area off of the barrel room that doesn't have much oxygen, which I guess is good for the wine. Towards the end of the visit we had a wine tasting with a white and two reds. Our guide helped us out by explaining the proper tasting techniques and whatnot. Personally I liked the white, but I usually do prefer white to red. When we had finished she also brought a few glasses of a chardonnay for us to try, which I thought was pretty different from the chardonnays we have in the states (which was, in fact, a comment she had made).

After that we headed to the airport to visit LAN Chile, which was a pretty cool visit. We got to go into two maintenance hangars and see some airplanes that were being worked on. We were also allowed onto one where we got to play in first class! I think we were all having a ton of fun with the snazzy seats, and I was excited by the sturdy and versatile tray tables. They also had pretty big tvs...

Lunch wasn't great... it was a pretty meat heavy menu so I ended up with a "vegetarian plate", which basically means lots of vegetables - there were beets, avocado, lettuce (shredded), cucumber, tomato, celery, cheese, string beans, egg, and some unidentified orange thing. Anyone that knows me can probably see I ended up eating the cucumber, some celery, some string beans, and two hunks of cheese. Luckily, I had Ritz bits in my purse, which I munched on when we got back to the bus. Despite the less than satisfying food, the restaurant itself was pretty cool.

At night we went to some place called Huevo, which was a lot of dancing and a ton of fun. When we got back to the room I could hardly walk because my feet and hips were so sore! I think that hours of dancing doesn't go well with days of standing and poor foot construction, since my feet were quite swoolen and bruised :( Still worth it though :)