This week I went down to the 15th Annual Latin American Nutrition Society Congress, in Santiago, Chile, while Ryan took care of Helen. I figure that if you have to get continuing education hours, it might as well be about something you are interested in. It is even better if those hours can be procured outside of the country. I had a great time learning cutting-edge nutrition and made lots of friends from all over the world.

Here is one of the typical fast foods that I tested out while I was down there. This 6" hamburger bun is filled with shaved beef, tomato, mayonnaise (of the bright yellow variety) and avocado. It is very similar to a "completo," which is a hot dog slathered in avocado, mayonnaise and tomato. I have never eaten so much meat as I did this last week in Santiago. Vegetables and fruit were in scarce to say the least.

Now we come to the most exciting part of my trip. On Wednewday, I went to the metro station as usual when I saw a bunch of people milling around and all sorts of police officers. I asked someone what was going on and they said that there was a bomb threat in the metro. Luckily for me, the police were just taking the bomb-finder robot down and I got this great picture. Ryan seems to think that I add instability to the countries I visit . . . The last time I was in Colombia, Venezuela almost attacked. I am sure that it has nothing to do with me. Perhaps some butterfly had beat its' wings somewhere. Click on any of the pictures to see more in Picasa.