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One of the unexpected pleasures of our apartment in Vina del Mar is watching the amazing sunsets from our balcony. Enormous container ships, suspended on the horizon, float between the buildings. Here are a few of our favorite pix of the sunsets in Vina del …
In the US, police cars tend to be blue and white or black and white, and police stations rarely have a uniform color. But in Chile, the “Carabineros” (the police) drive green and white cars and are housed in green and white police stations. One …
We never realized how beautiful graffiti could be until we visited Valparaiso, the graffiti capital of the world! Sunday we went on a Graffiti tour of Valpo with graffiti artist, Al Ramirez, who explained the evolution of graffiti, with its various styles and world renowned …
Today we had a funny incident while Raquel and I were sitting at an outdoor café having lunch. We kept hearing a loudspeaker announcing performances for a travelling circus. In fact, we went to this Mexican circus about two weeks ago after seeing trucks with …
Aliya, Asher and I (Ben was safe in Boston) were on the couch, snuggled closely watching youtube music videos, when a roar came from deep inside the soul of the world. The room began to rattle and the loud sounds of the “temblor” (what the Chileans …
We went on a spectacular tour (Tour 4 Tips) of Valparaiso, Chile with Raquel’s brother Jason, sister-in-law Norri, Jordan & Sammi. We had a great time riding on the funiculars and exploring the nooks and cranies of the streets of Valpo. We saw some amazing …
We learned an important lesson when visiting Pablo Neruda’s beach house, Isla Negra, about an hour south of Vina del Mar: Museums in Chile are closed on Mondays! But we were still able to get this glimpse of Neruda’s home where he wrote many of …
Ever wonder what happened to the inside of the toilet roll? We never did either . . . until we moved to Chile and saw this: Who knew what we had been missing our whole lives – the inside of the toilet roll! The first …
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 …