Dearest friends,
My hostal has internet and since there is so much to talk about I figure I´d make a quick update. Forgive any typos, I´m not used to the Spanish keyboard!
Wednesday night we took a 10 hour bus ride south to pucón, located in the lake district of Chile. The bus was actually quite comfy and I got decent sleep. Our hostal here is cheap and cozy. The owner, Claudio, is a pleasant older man who is also arranging for us to climb a volcano this weekend. It´s weather dependent so there are no guarantees but I hope it works out. There is also Juan Pedro, who lives and works here. He keeps the fires in the living room going and is just generally awesome and helpful, as well as good entertainment.
Which we definitely appreciated last night, when Pucón experienced a HUGE thunderstorm complete with the entire city losing power for the whole night! We were in a restaurant eating Mexican food in the dark when something happened and water started gushing through the wall. We quickly paid the bill and stepped through a large puddle to leave. We then basically swam back to the hostal as all the streets were flooded. We hung up our drenched clothes by the fire and spent the night cozying up with some pisco and good conversation.
Today was rainy but less so with some sunny spots in between. We walked around, went shopping, and Allison and I went to a cute cafe where we had amazing coffee, muffins, and medias lunas (little croissants).Tonight Allison is going to lead the charge in cooking an amazing spaghetti dinner. This is turning out to be a cute and relaxing weekend, though I might feel differently after hiking an active volcano.
Another update to come with pictures! Happy Easter weekend!
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