Tag: chile
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Last week in Chile
We’re back home in Louisville now, but I am only just getting the photos downloaded from our last days in Chile. I have some beautiful photos from Santa Rita vineyard, a couple of shots from another grill out we had to celebrate Colo Colo’s decisive win in a tournament final, and another 3,000 (or so) shots…
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Heat Wave
It’s hot in Santiago. It’s too hot to write, too hot to move, too hot to cook, too hot to take photos, too hot to leave the house, too hot for much of anything. Javi caught a 24-hour bug a couple of days ago, so we’ve been taking it easy here. The heat makes it…
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Return to Chile 2016
We are back in Santiago with Javier’s family! The last time we were here was in 2014 for Macarena and Alex’s wedding, and Paula had just found out she was pregnant. It’s been two years and little Ignacia Paz, our “new” niece, is already so grown up! We’ve been communicating with her as best we can…
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Maca & Alex – MARRIED!
All of the posts from Chile have been leading up to this: Maca and Alex’s wedding day! In the last post we explained that we woke up early on their wedding day to make those centerpieces, and we didn’t go back to bed until almost 24 hours later. Chileans don’t just throw a reception for a…
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Melinko goes to Melinka
Haha – I almost forgot about this. This post is dedicated to the journeys of Melinko, the little stuffed animal ornament that my momma gave to me in my stocking this year. Every year my mom gives us two ornaments that we can use on our own tree back home. This year, she gave me…
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Last of Chile
Once we were back in Santiago, we focused on relaxing at the Rodriguez home. The heat outside made it difficult to move around too much, but the morning after we arrived back home Javier and I went with his dad to the farmer’s market to stock up on fruits and veggies for our NYE celebration.…
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Back to Santiago
We spent a few wonderful days in Melinka, and right before New Years we started the long journey back to Santiago. On to way to Melinka we sailed the Don Baldo and were able to explore the upper decks with nice (albeit cold) weather. On the way back to the mainland, however, we were on…
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Visiting Repollal Alto
On one of the days we spent in Melinka we drove to a nearby village called Repollal. It’s still on the island of Melinka but they have their own church and school (with about 10 students). The road that goes from Melinka’s center to Repollal is still fairly new and before it was built the…
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Que Lindo es Melinka
Melinka was a mystery to all of us before we arrived. Paula, Javier’s older sister, moved there several months ago for a job and we all decided to bring the family Christmas to her so we could experience life on this remote island. I asked Javier before we left for Chile what Melinka was like,…
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The boat to Melinka
Our next adventure in Chile began on Christmas eve when we drove to Quellón, Chiloe after fixing the battery of our van. Quellón is the port city where we boarded the ship Don Baldo, which transported all of us plus the van over to the island of Melinka. Nuestra siguiente aventura en Chile comenzo el…
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Parks and sunsets in Chiloe
On our second day in Castro, we headed to the national park located in a nearby town called Cucao. Chiloe itself is a big island and it hosts two gigantic, bright blue lakes lined with stony beaches: Lago Cucao and Lago Huillinco. The national park is between the lakes and the coast, about an hour…
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Visiting Dalcahue, Chiloe
On our first day in Castro we drove to a town nearby called Dalcahue. The Castro locals told us that the best “feria artesanal,” or craft fair, was in Dalcahue on Sundays and we happened to be there on Sunday, lucky us. It’s summer here but in the south it’s colder than in Santiago, so…
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Roadtripping to the South of Chile
On the day we arrived in Chile, we drove to Osorno and finally arrived at Javier’s aunt and uncles house ‘s 5 in the morning. His aunt and uncle have a beautiful home with a brand new back patio furnished with an outdoor grill that Javier studied for about an hour so he could learn…
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We made it to Chile!
It’s time for another Chilean Christmas!!!! Javier and I have been waiting for this trip since…well, truly since we left Chile the last time back in 2009 but this year since we bought our tickets in March. It’s been a LONG TIME COMING! We haven’t been since our wedding! This year we are planning to…
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Sabores Chilenos
One of the first things that came to our mind when we knew we were coming to Miami was…Chilean food!!! and after the very first meal, Miami delivered! We don’t have a Chilean restaurant in Nashville (not that we know of, if we do please share the information!), so when we have a chance to…
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Viva Chile! Tiki tiki ti!!!
September 18th is a huge date for our family! So happy (belated) September 18th everyone! El 18 de Septiembre es una gran fecha para nuestra familia! Asi que, feliz 18 de Septiembre (atrasado) para todos! Now you are thinking…why is it a big date? It’s Tuesday, it was raining (in Nashville), summer is over, what…
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Recipe for Chilean Pebre
Our cherry tomato plant has been so productive for us this summer that we haven’t been able to keep up with the harvest. I’m not a big tomato eater when it comes to just eating a plain tomato (as opposed to, say, tomato soup or salsa) and cherry tomatoes are usually for salads. We were taking them…
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Directly from the Rodriguez’ chest of memories / Fotos del baul de los recuerdos
Last week I received an email from my sister Paula with a bunch of old family pictures that she found in an old chest. Back in Chile we have a ton of pictures that Leslie and I want to bring back to Nashville to digitize. Looking through old pictures is so much fun for us…
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Pastel de Choclo
Paula spoils us when she visits us in Nashville. Yesterday she made us a typical Chilean dish called pastel de choclo – I think the closest translation would be corn casserole. It’s typical to Chile the way grits are typical in the U.S. south – a simple but delicious corn staple. The ingredients (for 10…
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Los Rodriguez Wedding #2
Dec. 26 was our second second anniversary, but we only celebrate the 12/12 anniversary. Javier and I hopped on a plane to Chile two days after our first wedding to head down to prepare for Christmas there and our second wedding the day after Christmas. My mom, dad and brother also came down, which was…
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