Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Temuco,Villarrica, Pucon...
Firstly, Scott´s presentation was great; all professional sounding:-) And its perhaps the only hour in a long time I´ve sat still and not fallen asleep. It took place in Villarrica, and we found ourselves afterwards with overstuffed backpacks and no home. So we watched Volcan Villarrica, and the moonrise, and eventually went to the house of a woman Scott has worked with. After sharing onces, we were shepherded to bed...the women we were supposed to stay with had had car trouble, which we learned the next day. But Carmen was great- after the healthiest almuerzo I´ve had in a long time, and the bestest nap ever, she drove us to Lago Calafquen, and then we came home and gorged on philly cream cheese with hallullas. On Sunday we visited Lago Caburgua, and then Scott and I wandered around Pucon contemplating its "faux rusticity" and these amazing wooden flowers, that totally look real. And we ate kuchen:-)
Pucon and Villarrica share a German ski-lodgy type of architecture- wooden buildings, gingerbread eaves.Plus the area really is a lot greener than Santiago latitude countryside, though trees are falling right and left to build houses with pretty lakeside views. Then Volcan Villarrica, white white white against the blue sky rises behind it all. It definitely was the most relaxing weekend I´ve had in a long time, and the most content. I even managed to carry the feeling through the overnight bus ride home (they showed Shrek! much better than the Mummy Returns and the Tuxedo, the other two Turbus staples) and my psych test the next day:-)
In other news, the dollar continues to tumble. Someone change this please...and in other news, its been really hot during the day. Colder at night. I am definitely happy about this, but if this is early spring, what in the world will summer be like?
Firstly, Scott´s presentation was great; all professional sounding:-) And its perhaps the only hour in a long time I´ve sat still and not fallen asleep. It took place in Villarrica, and we found ourselves afterwards with overstuffed backpacks and no home. So we watched Volcan Villarrica, and the moonrise, and eventually went to the house of a woman Scott has worked with. After sharing onces, we were shepherded to bed...the women we were supposed to stay with had had car trouble, which we learned the next day. But Carmen was great- after the healthiest almuerzo I´ve had in a long time, and the bestest nap ever, she drove us to Lago Calafquen, and then we came home and gorged on philly cream cheese with hallullas. On Sunday we visited Lago Caburgua, and then Scott and I wandered around Pucon contemplating its "faux rusticity" and these amazing wooden flowers, that totally look real. And we ate kuchen:-)
Pucon and Villarrica share a German ski-lodgy type of architecture- wooden buildings, gingerbread eaves.Plus the area really is a lot greener than Santiago latitude countryside, though trees are falling right and left to build houses with pretty lakeside views. Then Volcan Villarrica, white white white against the blue sky rises behind it all. It definitely was the most relaxing weekend I´ve had in a long time, and the most content. I even managed to carry the feeling through the overnight bus ride home (they showed Shrek! much better than the Mummy Returns and the Tuxedo, the other two Turbus staples) and my psych test the next day:-)
In other news, the dollar continues to tumble. Someone change this please...and in other news, its been really hot during the day. Colder at night. I am definitely happy about this, but if this is early spring, what in the world will summer be like?
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