Trip to the South: Day 4

Finally, we get to relax and shop!!! We spend the morning hanging out with Elsie's family, looking and copying pictures from each others' cameras (about 2 gigs of them), and reminiscing about the adventures of the previous days. We then set off to Pucon, where we walked around, enjoyed a craft fair (and by enjoying I mean spending money), and finally, I had a completo. A completo is a special Chilean hotdog, made with a longer bread bun, sauerkraut, avocado, chopped tomatoes, and onions. I have been dying to try one since I got to Chile, so I finally had one (followed by some of the most delicious ice-cream).

But the adventures of the day were not over yet. We spend the evening chatting and packing, and then several of us went over to the house next door to visit Elsie's grandmother. Little did I know that I was being "conveniently removed" while there were party preparations underway for my own birthday...with all the excitement and adventures of the trip, I completely forgot about my birthday. When we returned from the grandmother's house, the house was dark, and when we walked in I realized that it was a surprise party for me!!! They had cakes and hors devours and lovely presents. It was truly one of the most memorable birthdays Ive ever had.



The next day was spent journeying back to Santiago...because we had left early, we were able to avoid all the traffic. Of course, upon getting back to Sarita's apartment, we simply crashed.