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Top Gun
Candy stand in Vicuna
Pisco Tower
In the valley
Jack in the Box
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Week 2 in La Serena |
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La Serena Cathedral Supposedly there is a store that sells religious articles near the Cathedral, but Georgie hasn't found it yet. She did find a nice museum adjacent to the sanctuary, and the kids were surprised that she already knew the curator (from her March visit to La Serena). They expect Mom to stop to talk to people she knows whenever she is out...they just didn't expect it to happen in Chile.
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Party for Gringos On Friday we went to a party of mostly English-speaking expatriates. The guests enjoyed carrots and beer... Actually, this is a play, written and staged by the kids. "The Evil Toenail" was a droll comedy, picaresque at times, with none of the affectations... oh forget it. It was about a toenail assassin and his dumb sidekick (played by Nick). Rebecca was a nervous airline passenger.
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Going to Pisco Elqui If you want some Spanish Peanuts, you should go to Spain, but if you want Philly cheese-steak, you should try Philadelphia. As for Mississippi Mud Pie, you can't do better than Mississippi. So, we thought the ultimate Pisco Sour should come from Pisco Elqui. We also thought if we drove far enough into the Andes we might find some snow for the kids to play in. This is a spot along the way where we stopped for a picnic.
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1% off the Top From the door of a church in Pisco Elqui. It is an appeal for Catholics to give 1% of their income to the church. I am sure there is a lesson here for those who care to work it out. We never reached any snow on the trip, nor did we get any Pisco (had to drive home), but a man in the street sold us some olives for 100 pesos. They were not as good as the ones from an old lady we knew in Pasadena, but they were close. The kids were a little grumpy from the change to Chilean time, so we came home earlier than planned. Chile is in the same time zone as Chapel Hill, but lunch at 2 and dinner at 9 or 10 is like jet lag for the kids.
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Crazy North Americans On Sunday we went to lunch at a place on the beach. Afterward, the kids wanted to wade in the water with some friends. One-by-one they "accidentally" fell into the water until they were all soaked. The Pacific here is mighty cold, but they hardly noticed, and didn't want to leave.
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By Popular Demand I have been getting questions about why I do not appear on the web pages. There is a simple explanation: everyone else in the family is more photogenic. But just to prove I exist, here is a picture of me with my beautiful wife. But keep in mind that I look nothing like this in real life. I am younger, thinner and more handsome |
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