Not a good picture day. A little gray and cold. The guys all spent the morning helping Patrick remove the sides of his cattle moving truck so that he could load a large tractor and some more farm equipment to move said to his farm in Renaico. The girls drove about 40 minutes into the town of Chillan for a last shot at shopping. Chillan is located near Ruta 5, the PanAmerican Highway and also right in the middle of good farmland, so its market place is quite extensive. We enjoyed the sights and sounds, and smells of the produce market and then moved on the the artisan area and enjoyed it even more. We had some success and headed home after a quick lunch as a Chilean equivalent of a fast food stop, complete with a playground.
By the time the girls returned, the guys had gotten Patrick loaded and on his way. We girls were sorry not to have a chance to say goodby, as he will not be back before we leave tomorrow morning on our way north toward Santiago. We all spent the afternoon relaxing and reading in the irenic setting in the back yard. We enjoyed empanitas for cocktails and then has a Chilean staple, Pastel de Choclos for dinner. Emapanitas are mini empanadas (meat pies) and pastel de choclos is meat (a mixture of chicken and beef in this case) topped with a specially prepared creamed corn and baked. As usual there were several bottles of Chilean wine, especially Carmenere, served with dinner! We will hate to leave here tomorrow! Ciao
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Life on the farm is idyllic. We are split between the two houses top left, but all the activity is at Beverly and Antonio's house, bottom left. Note the stars of the families, Nala who blends in with the couch bottom right and Uma, asleep in her bed behind the couch.
The girls' shopping trip to Chillan took them throught Viejo Chillan
(Old Chillan) with stately trees forming a canopy over the road.
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