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Our first week we arrived in Chile, we were fortunate to have our first visitors: Raquel’s brother Jason, sister-in-law Norri, Jordan & Sammi. We met them in Santiago (notice the smog – one of the reasons we decided that Vina del Mar on the coast …
Asher & Aliya started school the first week of August! Both kids wear ties every day, when it isn’t a sports day. Here is Aliya all dressed up and ready for her first day at St. Margaret’s School! Here is Asher getting ready for his first …
So, we aren’t sure if it is due to the old military regime or if it is a way for the government to ensure that every business pays taxes, but every time we buy anything, we are always given a receipt. Even the guy on the beach, who runs the trampoline area where Asher and Aliya jumped for 10 minutes, made sure that we didn’t leave with out a receipt!
And everyone makes sure that we definitely take the receipt. We have left stores after buying a soft drink and have had the owner calling us back in to take the receipt.
Ben’s favorite is the store that has one person who sells you an item, like a lightbulb, and another person who stamps the receipt, and then another person in a different area of the store who stamps the receipt again.
Check out all the good stamps for our $5 US ($3,320 chilean peso) purchase!
When we asked Aliya about her first full day in Vina del Mar, here is what she said: My Favorite Thing I did: Going to the beach Thing that surprised me: how the guy could make a mermaid out of sand Different from home: I …
When we asked Asher about his first full day in Chile, here is what he said: My Favorite Thing I did: Going to the mall My Favorite thing I saw: The sunset: it was orange, blue, red with a bit of purple. The …
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One of the most amazing things we did in all of our South American adventures was strapping on cramp-ons to hike the Perito Moreno Glacier! The Perito Moreno Glacier was declared an UNESCO world heritage site in 1981. While most glaciers are receding due to …