Tuesday morning we headed to campus where we got on a bus and traveled to La Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas. Located in Las Cruces, ECIM is a marine research and teaching laboratory associated with the Pontific Catholic University of Chile. It is located right above the water, facing west on a rocky outcropping looking out over the Pacific Ocean. Dr. Cristian Escauriaza gave a presentation entitled "Turbulent Flows and New Challenges in Complex Fluvial Systems." After lecture, a post-doc gave us a tour of the facility. We had a large Chilean lunch at a beach restaurant before heading to Isla Negra, one of the many homes of Pablo Neruda (Chilean poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971). That night we went to Aji Seco II, a Peruvian restaurant in Santiago. We had a fantastic time eating and getting to know the Chilean students that had joined us for the day. |
We spent Wednesday morning
at Museo de la Memoria y los
Derechos Humanos (Museum of Memory and Human Rights). It is a
space dedicated to giving visibility to the human rights violations
committed by the Chilean government between 1973 and 1990. It is an
incredibly powerful museum and was one of the highlights of our trip.
We spent the afternoon exploring Plaza de Armas, La Moneda (the
Chilean "White House"), and Santa Lucia. We ended the day with dinner
at the hotel.
Thursday was our longest day. We headed to campus first thing in the morning. Maricarmen gave a two-hour lecture entitled "Tidal currents and tidal energy extraction" and then Juan Carlos Dominguez gave a talk entitled "Wave energy." We had chacareros (beef sandwich with tomatoes, green beans, and peppers) for lunch and spent the afternoon in the Dominicos Market. We had dinner with the Chilean faculty at Meson Nerudiano. We had a great time! |
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