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Day 3. He said: it was another travel day today. We started out with some wandering about Punta Arenas, including some souvenir shopping. We found the perfect stuffed penguin toy for Jeremy. It looks just like the ones we saw yesterday. Rachel picked up some nice yarn - Punta Arenas is well known for their high quality wool.
We also stopped at a nice café. Much better than the one we went to yesterday. Café cortado is our new favorite coffee drink. It's roughly an upside down cappuccino. Very very tasty.
Then, it was off to the airport to the next leg of our trip - a short jaunt back for Peurto Montt, for an overnight and an early bus trip tomorrow to Bariloche. We arrived at our hotel, dumped our luggage and headed out to Casa Alemane - German House - for some more fantastic seafood. I had conker eel and shrimp, with a Kunstmann draught beer. Incredible. So stuffed.
Now, time to get a few zzz's before our 7:15am departure. Yay for early breakfast.
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aunt Sue glad you are having fun! How is the resort?
Rach It's lovely. We arrived to be presented with a bottle of champagne (yum!), and when we went for dinner that night we were greeted by a man who is VERY excited about making sure that we honeymooners have a fantastic experience! Volcanic ash is a challenge in these parts still, but we had a big rain yesterday, so today has been clear and beautiful and the view across the lake is absolutely GORGEOUS! Today we saw more wildlife than we'd seen yet, including a hawk that just decided to hang out on our balcony for awhile. It was pretty awesome. :) Oh, and we stopped at THE chocolate shop today. There are lots of them here (it's a big product of this area), but this is apparently the BEST!