Afterwards I went house hunting with a girl from my hostel. One of the owners offered her to come over for a party so she could check out the room and meet the people. I tagged along and ate delicious tacos prepared the owner, a Chilean chef. They were cooked over hot coals in a bqq suspended from their balcony fence, great idea. I spent the night utterly bewildered as 7 people (Two North Americans, one English, two Chileas, one Venezualan, one Italian) spoke very rapid spanish all night! I still had a really enjoyable time, everyone was so friendly and hospitable.
The next morning was spent visiting the two Irish pubs in Santiago trying to find somewhere that was showing the Super 6´s Rugby Union match between Ireland and France. The first place we tried (and were told to watch it there) was closed for renovations. We jumped back on the train to try and Irish Pub (Dubin´s) that I saw the day before. In a not so surprising event, they only showed soccer and didn´t have any other channels. We met an englishman there who had the same idea, so we wandered around the pub district to see if we could find it eslewere. After 20 minutes we gave up and decided to have lunch instead. After parting ways we got back to our hostel only to find it was being broadcast on a channel we had in our hostel. Saw the last 5 minutes of a 17-17 draw in Spanish.
Later that night I accompanied an North American friend of mine to a sunset party thrown to welcome people joining the ´Start-up Chile´program. Food, drinks and a roof top pool, all on the 22nd floor. Had an great time, chatting to a great bunch of people from all over the world, taking photos of the stunning Andes mountain range bathed in the orange light of of dusk, watching the city lights stretch on into the horizon. An amazing night....
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