Day 3

This morning we had to be in class a bit earlier than the day before. Getting up at 7 was not too bad since I have been getting up for work all summer, but we were still a bit exhausted from all of the traveling. Breakfast was the same buffet as before and I had a open faced egg, ham and cheese sandwich, an assortment (oranges, kiwi and apples) of fruit, cereal with strawberry yogurt, and a faux mocha. Emily, Kelly and I were excited to see Juan and when we were walking to get on the bus Kelly tripped. She was afraid that Juan had seen her, but she's so graceful it was really no big deal. Juan drove us to the Catholic University of Santiago where we met up with Dr. Jorge Jimenez, Jaime and Solana. Dr. Jimenez gave us a presentation on "Talking Politics and Health Reform- Reflections from Chile," which gave us some background information about the health reform in Chile and how the health policies of Chile have changed over the years. Afterwards Jaime took us over to the other part of the campus where we were to meet in a seminary room in the medical school part of the campus. This building was surrounded by the hospital, the law school and the school of biological sciences. We did not go into the other buildings but Jaime took us on a small tour of the area and it was very interesting to see all the religious statues and different courtyards with trees and other plants spread throughout the campus. After the mini-tour we waited in the seminar room for Dr. Jorge Jimenez to meet with us and answer some questions about his previous presentations. I really wanted to ask a question about Chile's involvement in public and global health programs especially in regards to the HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB epidemics, but Jaime kept asking questions for himself and so I was the last of the questions. By that time every one was hungry so we took a break for lunch. From the medical school we walked to a near by cafe where Jaime used to eat when he went to school in the area. When we arrived they took us down stairs to sit in a room with no windows and mirrors on the wall. It was a bit odd since there was no one else down there but we think it was because our group is so large. Jaime did not want to sit with us because he felt claustrophobic and wanted to sit by a window to watch the people walking by. Also, Emily, Kelly and I were the only ones of the girls who stayed. So it was us and the boys for lunch, though we had brought PB&J sandwiches to eat; we ordered some papas fritas (french fries) so not to be too awkward. Most of the boys got sandwiches as well. Cameron got a steak sandwich and it came with a ton of guacamole, which was interesting to see but looked quite tasty. After we ate we headed to the Salud Publica building where had our next set of presentations. One was by Paola Bedregal and the second was Paola Metilena. Both of them had similar presentations about Burden of Disease in Chile, so by the time the second Paola went we were all tired and ready to head back. Juan picked us up where he had dropped us off that morning and took us back to the hotel. That night Emily, Kelly and I made dinner for ourselves and Brandon and Cameron. With our limited utensils we were able to make farfelle pasta with tomato sauce and cheesy bread. We also had some wine with dinner (2 bottles of white, 1 red), and while we ate we watched The Office. The plan is to catch me and Emily up through Season 3 so that we can watch season 4 and then watch season 5 when it starts back up this fall. Jaideep and Alex also came to watch a few episodes with us, but they did not stay for too long. After watching quite a few episodes we decided to head to bed because we knew that the next morning we had to get up quite early.