Blogs from Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America - page 22

Saturday We'll miss you Carina After working on my paper hard core all day long I decided to go out with the usual crew to celebrate Carina's last night in Chile. She will be missed! We first did a pre-party at Emi's apartment, which is the norm for us here in Chile. Then we decided to hit the road for our Valpo adventure to the club. Unfortunately the bus ride there wasn't as fun and exciting as it was the last time we all went out to Valpo. I had high hopes for that to reoccur. Once we arrived at the club in Valpo Carina, Jennie, Emi and myself made a toast to "jotes" and then sang out loud to the song they were playing that was popular when I was like 6 years old. ... read more

HOLA!!!! I had made yet another trip to a winery. Have I mentioned how great the wine tastes here??Us girls enjoyed this winery and learned quite a bit about wine and Champagne. We received a tour throughout the winery to learn about how the winery produces its wine and champagne. We learned how the process is made about the bubbles in the champagne and even got to test out the white wine, red wine and champagne. The tour was made in Spanish and was easier to understand than we thought it would be. I purchased the white wine, red wine and champagne that we tested for a low price of 11,000 pesos (approximately 18 US dollars). I have intentions of bringing these home with me, but considering I have a couple more months here....I'm not quite ... read more

Sunday night was exciting and a little sad all wrapped up in one. It was a celebration moment when Roberto and I finished the editing part of my now 38 page marketing plan, but was a moment of sadness when we found out that Javier was in the hospital. Ema had said the hours to visit were only between 2:00-3:00 and that only family can visit unless you have a pass and only two passes are allowed per patient. So we didn't know if we were going to be able to visit, or did we know what was wrong for him to be in the hospital over night. Monday came along and I took my examples to go have them binded with rings and a transparent cover front and back. It was defiantly a sigh of ... read more

OK so here are some more pics that Beth just sent to me!!! Some are of the volcano we climbed, the hot springs in Pucon and a pic at the vineyard in Mendoza. Im heading to Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) this wednesday until the following monday! We are going to be camping on a beach...so im totally stoked!!!!! I cant wait to see the statues!! I hope you´re all doing fantastic! Love D ps. Volcano Villarica, the volcano we climbed, is Chile´s most dangerous volcano and has a habit of small eruptions ever so often (I just found out). Also, about 2 weeks after we climbed it, it started errupting causing some of the worst earthquakes that they´ve experienced from this volcano as well as had the town completely evacuated for a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1507-12= pss. ... read more

About the places I have been in Chile: -The greeting is a kiss on the right cheek for the ladies and men, but men and men shake hands. -Michael Jackson, Madonna, Barry White and Techno are apparently pretty popular here. -The milk doesn’t have to be refrigerated until it is opened. (must be a central and south america thing) -Condiments and Spices come in bags. -Rattails and Mullets are still in style here. -It is the second country in the world to consume the most bread per person (right behind Italy) -Pasta is also a dish that is widely consumed. -Avocado comes on anything and everything. -When it rains they eat Sopapillas (but different than I have ever tasted). -Pumpkin is an ingredient used in several of their dishes. -Vina and Valpo should be in the ... read more