Okay so where did we leave you last week, oh yes we had been watching whales in Puerto Madryn. From there we took a long 13 hour bus journey to the west of Argentina and to the foot of the Andes. First stop, El Bolson which was a little hippy town surrounded by beautiful mountains.
A perfect place to unwind, stroll through the artisanal market and get put on to live local radio for simply mentioning that your British! Clearly a quiet news day!
A couple of hours of driving through a snowstorm and we were in Bariloche.
Bariloche very much has an Alpine feel about it, snowy with wooden chalets and it had plenty of places to go wandering.
We went for a great snowy walk along Peninsula Lloa Lloa, eventually reaching an awesome viewpoint of the lakes and mountains.
We were slightly nervous of getting stuck as southern border crossings between Argentina and Chile can often close due to snowfall and so next we made our move and luckily it went as planned and by mid-afternoon we were in Valdivia, Chile. A large town with a couple of universities along a misty river on the west coast of Chile.
We visited the market, a vibrant array of fruit and vegetables with all kinds of fish lined up. Outside in the river there were loads of sea lions, mostly on the slightly chubby side if we're honest as they grazed on the fish discards from the market.
Valdivia also had some great bars with a good beer selection, I guess due to the university students and the German influence on the town... so we of course sampled a couple before heading north to Talca.
The weeks highlights:
Best view: It's all about the snow-capped mountains in the Lake District this week, and so it has to be the view of the lakes and the Andes on our snowy walk.
Best food: We had a great cheese fondue in Bariloche and some raw meat on toast with gherkins and a LOT of lemon in a German/Chilian cafe.
Love Monday funday
We travelled to Talca as a bit of a stopover on the way to Santiago. For our love Monday funday we decided to hire a little apartment for the night, cook risotto and drink some local Chilean wine- basically it was all about recreating some home comfort after over 3 months away. Probably doesn't sound all that exciting but it was lovely.
Number of hours on a bus: 23.5
Number of borders crossed: 1
Number of live radio broadcasts: 1
Colin has also been having a great time and is loving the snow!
Hope you have a great week, or weekend is probably more apt! Next Monday our post will come to you from New Zealand!
Much love,
Lisa and Rach xx
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