We had another eventful day. Jose gave two more presentations; we continued discussing Chilean culture. Jose referred to a book written by an American giving advice as to how to do business in Chile. Family is extremely important to Chileans and it influences many aspects of life including the way business relationships work as well as television advertisements. We watched a few TV commercials and many of them brought up the importance of family and/or soccer. The commercials we saw did seem a bit different from those in the US because they were extremely family-oriented. We had a bit better luck with the food at the cafeteria for lunch today which was nice. After we ate we headed off to Bosques del Mauco, the mushroom company. Part of the drive was along the coast and it was so pretty. I took so many pictures because the water was so much clearer than any ocean that I have ever been to. The owner at Bosques took us around the plant and talked to us about the different steps of growing mushrooms. I had researched Bosques for the group company project, and we hadn't really found a lot of information about the growing process so that was interesting. There is an entire phase just to grow the food for the mushrooms. This phase definitely contributed to the awful smell all around the plant. We were told that the smell was really bad before we went so I was expecting the worst, but most parts were not too horrific. We had our final dance lesson today with Reggaeton. I was surprised that I remembered some of the steps, and we had a good time making fools of ourselves in front of our audience.
We had another eventful day. Jose gave two more presentations; we continued discussing Chilean culture. Jose referred to a book written by an American giving advice as to how to do business in Chile. Family is extremely important to Chileans and it influences many aspects of life including the way business relationships work as well as television advertisements. We watched a few TV commercials and many of them brought up the importance of family and/or soccer. The commercials we saw did seem a bit different from those in the US because they were extremely family-oriented. We had a bit better luck with the food at the cafeteria for lunch today which was nice. After we ate we headed off to Bosques del Mauco, the mushroom company. Part of the drive was along the coast and it was so pretty. I took so many pictures because the water was so much clearer than any ocean that I have ever been to. The owner at Bosques took us around the plant and talked to us about the different steps of growing mushrooms. I had researched Bosques for the group company project, and we hadn't really found a lot of information about the growing process so that was interesting. There is an entire phase just to grow the food for the mushrooms. This phase definitely contributed to the awful smell all around the plant. We were told that the smell was really bad before we went so I was expecting the worst, but most parts were not too horrific. We had our final dance lesson today with Reggaeton. I was surprised that I remembered some of the steps, and we had a good time making fools of ourselves in front of our audience.
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