Buenos Dias! It is the last day of July and we are at approximately the half-way point of our trip. Somehow it feels like we have been here longer because we have already done so much. And yet, we still have so much of the country to visit! We have spent the last couple weeks travelling through The Lake District of Chile. When last we wrote, we were settled in the city of Valdivia, a "university town" on the coast, nestled between two rivers that lead to the Pacific Ocean. Valdivia is home to a large population of german immigrants, countless fishermen and of course the "lobos marinos" or sea lions which have found a comfortable home in the river along side the Mercado Fluvia, the central fish market. We found endless amusement in watching the
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