Chile Adventures

Hola todos!

Last Thursday I headed to Chol Chol for the first time to visit the volunteers there. Had a really nice time. Chol Chol is very small and relaxed. There are so few cars that people walk on the road. We stayed with the volunteers in the internado. It's so small and really made us appreciate our lovely, big house here in Lautaro. There's not really that much to do in Chol Chol after you've walked round it. We baked brownies and cookies, burnt pizza, cooked pasta and a meat free sauce (so nice after a very meaty week) and even managed to pull off a roast dinner. Granted the chicken was pre-roasted but we managed to heat it up and roast some potatoes very nicely. 

our brownies

We walked to the river and saw a seal! It was having a great time beating a fish against the water. When we told people about it they were very surprised to hear of a seal being in the river.

the seal in the river

the countryside

We filled up our film quota for the rest of the month watching about 7 or 8 films in all during our visit. It's so good to watch them in English with Spanish subtitles because Shrek just isn't the same without Mike Myers's voice. 

On Monday it was back to Vega Larga (large cultivatable land) and had a tough but satisfying day in the country. No one speaks English so by the end of the day your brain is dead, but the kids and staff are all so friendly. At lunch some girls gave us a tour of the playground and taught us a nursery rhyme. It's a bit strange but I'll put it up anyway.

Arros Con Leche

Rice pudding, I want to get married,

To a girl from Portugal.

She has to know how to knit, she has to know how to sow

She has to know how to make stockings for a captain.

With this girl yes, with this girl no

With the girl, I get married!

Ingrid did help me translate that so I promise it's not due to my awful Spanish skills that it's a bit weird. You sing it while joining hands and spinning round in a circle. The kids seem to like it so I suppose that's all that's important.

Today we managed to join the teachers in the little kitchen for chat at lunch. Usually we're already sitting down and they all go in and start talking to each other. We sneaked our way in and had a good conversation about our holiday and my embarrassing cueca experience. I've discovered that if you have nothing to talk about, say something to make them laugh and you will do fine. The more embarrassing the better.

us in Chol Chol

See you guys next time!