Blogs from Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America - page 64

Hey all!! I know it's been awhile since I have last updated but nothing new has really happened. I've been sick for the past week and will probably have this cough for awhile too. It is rather cold here too. It looks like it would be a nice day and then you step outside the door and you figure out the sun played a joke on you because it is so cold. But I'm hoping this weekend to go get some boots and warmer clothes in Santiago this weekend. But yeah, that's really it. Oh, I'm more then half way done. I can't believe that I have already been here three months! It sure has gone by fast!! Well I'll talk to you all later! Love Lindsay... read more

This blog is to share with you that my boyfriend Carlos has finally tried a s´more!!! While it is not the traditional kind roasted over a a fire (a gas stove just isn´t the same) it is as close as we will get here. And they don´t have Hershey´s chocolcate bars (the thinner bars. Here they are thicker and have nuts or other things in them) so I brought a few from home. It is always fun to watch him try new things, especially gringo/american things. But he loved it! Next I want him to try it with peanut butter! mmmmm....my favorite!!! I have made all of these things for him to try since he never has: !. S´mores 2. Strawberry Shortcake 3. All-American Hamburger 4. Tuna Salad (their salads are lettuce with tomatoe and ... read more

After our tumultuous ferry ride back to the mainland from Chiloe and after reassuring Carlos that we are not going to die, we took the bus back to Puerto Montt. From their we headed to Valdivia, our last stop on our summer vacation. Valdivia is located where the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers join and was founded in 1555 by Pedro de Valdivia. During the 19th century, to jump-start economic development, the Chilean government initiated an immigration program which forged strong ties with German. Thousands of Germans settled in this area and Validvia continues to have a very strong German influence from the architecture to the cuisine. In 1960, Chile suffered the most powerful earthquake in modern history, a 9.5 magnitude, and Valdivia was only 10km from its epicenter. This destroyed a large portion of ... read more

Hello all! I didn’t write about last weekend and I wanted to do that before this upcoming weekend. Last Saturday my program went to Horcòn and Zapallar. They are both really cute beach towns but sadly it was a rather cold and gloomy day. But Horcòn is famous for their empanadas, so we obviously had to test them out. I had a shrimp empanada and then later a crab empanada, and I must say that they can keep their reputation. When we arrived in Zapallar I fell in love. It is definitely an upper class town but it was gorgeous! It had a pretty small beach and then just trees and hills surrounding it, making it seem very secluded. While we were there, we walked along a rode and saw a little artesian stand so we ... read more

Almost finished with Chile after three and a half weeks here...which seems like only a few days (well apart from THAT boat trip). Since the last entry we have been engaging in very un-budget-backpacker activities including a wine tour and trip to the casino. Yes, we´ve been livin´the high life. This will be a short one as the space bar must have had a run in with a can of Fanta and isstickingsoallthewordsaretogether. Anyway, we leave for Bolivia tomorrow - flying from about 200m above sea level to 3,600 metres. So we expect some ill effects from the altitude for a day or two. Valparaiso grew on us...especially once the weather improved and the sun came out. The city is a bit like Brighton,and infact one of the B&Bs is called BrightonB&B. The first day ... read more