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Yesterday began with a free morning where most of the group slept and packed or ran out for a few more last minute presents.  After everyone was packed up we all met up as a group at noon to go get lunch.  We went to Tiki Taco because that was where we had our first lunch as a group on the first day.  We then came back to the hotel and packed all of our stuff into the bus.  Everyone was talkative during lunch but no one was really talking about the memories from the trip.  I don't think that anyone wanted to think about leaving so soon.  We then left Hotel America for the last time on the bus and went to Santiago to the airport.  In normal fashion, I think most people fell asleep on the bus ride.  We got to the airport and went through bag checks and that is when we really started talking about all of the memories from the trip especially during the survey.  We then got on the plane from Santiago to Dallas, where I fell asleep for just about the entire ride.  We arrived to Dallas, Fort Worth and continued talking about all the memories. What better way to get reacclimatized to American culture than eating Auntie Anne's soft pretzels, flushing toilet paper down the toilet and not throwing it out in the trash and actually drinking water out of the water fountain.  I am currently sitting in the Dallas airport waiting to board the flight to Pittsburgh.  I am going to miss Chile so much.  All of the things I have learned over the past two weeks are more useful than anything I could have learned in a classroom in a semester.  I am going to miss all of the new friends such as the Chilean students as well as the Pitt students.  I guess all of the new friends is just an excuse to go back.  I would do all of this again in a heartbeat, even stay at the magnificent Hotel America (if it was not going to be torn down).  Adios to all of my Chilean friends and experiences.  Hasta pronto, hopefully very soon.