Gastro Chile
The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside Mark Twain Confession Time: When we started our hike across Spain in April of 2016, we expected the cuisine to be very similar to Mexico. Boy, were we ignorant. Where the food in our just-south-of-the-border […]
Seven Fascinating Things about Santiago
Laurie and I spent four full weeks in Santiago, Chile as students and visitors. The capital city of the skinniest country in the world has 7+ million residents—more than ten times the population of Seattle. While there we picked up some interesting things about the city and country, many good, some bad. 1. The Metro […]
The Street Dogs of Santiago
One of the first things that stands out about Santiago, Chile, is the large population of stray dogs wandering the streets. By and large these mutts known as “quiltros” seem happy, well fed, and are peaceful. The people of Santiago feed them and provide water. In the winter they provide them with coats and kennels. […]
Escape to Summer: A Season in the Skinniest Country
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner Imagine carving out a new country on the west coast of North America. This new country is long, but skinny. It starts out near the southern tip of Mexico—just south of Guadalajara. It runs north and ends just […]
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