Author: wfroboese

Ancud, Isla Chiloe, Chile July 22, 2013 – Today we decided to hit the towns where many Germans immigrated to. We left Osorno and traveled south to visit Puerto Octay and Fruitillar. There were charming old Bavarian style buildings there. These small towns are in the southern portion of the lakes district and along the shores…

Panguipulli, Lake District, Chile July 21, 2013 – Bad Internet access…such a beautiful area. More later…  Comments Cait on July 21, 2013 Well dang you got me all excited about a new post and there is nothing to read! Miss you guys! I’m glad you realize now the errors of your ways and know that next time…

Panguipulli, Lake District, Chile July 21, 2013 – Well we literally froze our asses off last night. It was so cold we couldn’t even get out of bed until around 9 am. We got up and tried to get cleaned up but the water would not get warm… at all. We had the shower, kitchen and…

Panguipulli, Lake District, Chile July 20, 2013 – Well we started out today thinking that we were going to have our breakfast and then head over to the town of Panguipulli to do some shopping. We arrived in town about 10:30 and nothing was really open…so we drove down to the lake to check it out…it…

Pucon, Lake District, Chile July 19, 2013 – We are so excited to be in the part of Chile that we have been waiting to see. We woke up this morning and Wayne had a few emails to tend to so I did some sink laundry and hung our clothes to dry all over our bathroom….

Pucon, Lakes District, Chile July 18, 2013 – We had a great nights sleep in our twin beds….haha.   We encountered our first rude waitress at our hotel in Chillan. We were supposed to have breakfast included with our room, so we were directed to the breakfast area and went into the restaurant and sat down…

Santa Cruz, Chile July 16, 2013 – Buenos noches! I slept great last night…Wayne …well, he never sleeps very well but it was his best nights sleep yet I think. It is so quiet in the mornings here. I don’t think Chileans are early risers. Because the Andes are to the east it blocks out the…

Chillan, Chile July 17, 2013 – We left Santa Cruz after an amazing 2 days of much needed rest. The drive south to Chillan was interesting and sad. There was still much evidence of earthquake damage. The areas that we traveled through suffered the most damage in the 2010 quake. It is estimated to be up…

Santa Cruz, Chile July 15, 2013 – Today we left Santiago to head down to the Colchugua Valley. It is only about 110 miles but we took a roundabout way on small roads instead of the highway to drive through small towns. It was beautiful countryside with the snow covered peaks of the Andes to the…

Santiago, Chile July 14, 2013 – Greetings from Santiago.   Today we had a rough start. Here in Chile, it is still dark at 7 am and we wanted to get out of Vina del Mar early….with the wine tour yesterday coupled with the fact that neither of us adore getting up in the morning…well it…