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We arrived in Puerto Montt late last night and drove to Puerto Varas where we found our house for the next few days. Made it to bed around 2 am and slept in late this morning. Woke to rain and grey skies. Puerto Varas reminds me of the Pacific Northwest - the town is nestled in trees on a hillside sloping into a lake at the foot of a classic cone volcano. We donned our rain jackets and walked into town, picked up lunch, where Moira got the best pizza she has had her entire life. Walking along the waterfront we encountered the local high school track team running with the local dogs, an outside gym for runners (which we played on for too long) and a cool park with mosaics indicating an angry volcano and what looks like a sacrifice made to appease it. Super cool wire statue of the woman who was sacrificed? Or had otherwise appeased the volcano. Rain chased us back toward town and we bought some strawberries and raspberries from a street vendor and then popped into a grocery store for tomorrow's breakfast and tonight's libations. Keep looking for a Mountain Dew bottle as per a request from M's science teacher - but no luck. I suspect the Chilean palate has surpassed ours in terms of dubious soft drinks. Back home to listen to NPR, relax, read, run, and prepare for our next meal. Tomorrow, exploring the National park!
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Lee sounds neat, the wire statue looks eerie, but universal and spiritual? at the same time. Moira, remember what you liked about the Pizza so much and then you can re-create it when you get home and give Poppi a piece, yay yay