Posted by Lisa on September 12th, 2005 — Posted in Travel
I meant to post this yesterday, so i’m writing it as if I did. Today, we were feeling some effects from the hurricane. The waves are gigantic. We all brought our beach chairs to the beach and were ready to sit out and relax in the sun. Unfortunately the wind was so strong that it was whipping sand at us, and the surf was roaring. We were all too afraid to go in for fear of the rip tides and all. Joel and Al did try to brave the waves, but alas, they weren’t able to last either. So instead, we went and relaxed by the pool all day. I’d say the temp was around 80 and it was partly cloudy. With the tall dunes and the fence around the property, the wind was basically blocked. We all got a ton of color. Hurricane wise, we were getting scared that we might face another evacuation, but it seems Ophelia may not force us to leave. We’ll see. Jan and Al made us an awesome dinner and afterward we all hung out and relaxed and enjoyed Joel’s keg contraption. Happy days!
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Posted by Lisa on September 10th, 2005 — Posted in Travel
Well, we made it. We’re here in Nags Head, having a blast. Of course, Hurricane Ophelia is circling around us, the winds are going at like 40mph. The weather isn’t supposed to be great for the week, but who cares. I’m here with my best friends having a blast, the only thing missing is Steve. Continuing our tradition of cool shirts, Janet and Alan made awesome ones for this year. Everyone is doing well, and Jaime is barely showing. Stay tuned for future Ophelia updates and more…
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Posted by Lisa on September 5th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Look what we got today, a super cool ride. We can now go off-roading all we want. No more green beast for us!! Hooray!!! The real kicker is, that the Jeep is fully loaded, basically has everything the beast didn’t, and thanks to the wonders of governmental thinking it’s all for the same price.
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Posted by Lisa on September 5th, 2005 — Posted in Uncategorized
What a bad big sis I am, I forgot it was Mick’s birthday todayl. So happy birthday Mick, hope you have fun celebrating with Izzy, and get lots of yummy treats!!
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Posted by Lisa on September 5th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Today is my friend/sister’s birthday. I’ve known Cara since she was born, and she is one of my most favorite people on Earth. She always makes me laugh and smile, and is always there for me. One of my favorite things about Cara is her laugh/giggle. It reminds me of being kids and eating ice cream cake at her parents house. Basically it reminds \of our wonderful childhood together. In a perfect world, I would love to live next door to her and hang out with her every day. I’m so excited to see her soon, just a couple more days!!! Happy birthday Cara, I love you!!!
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Posted by Lisa on September 1st, 2005 — Posted in Activities
Today, I had a great day with some of my friends. It started off with african dance with my friend Jaime who’s the instructor, and Rikki, who kicks my ass at dance. Jaime and I then went to Coquimbo to meet our frineds Joanna and Jeanel for lunch. We had planned to go to the mexican restaurant, but it doesn’t seem that we’re meant to go. This was our second attempt at eating at this restaurant, and it was closed again. We decieded to go to Fusion, which is a wonderful restaurant owned by a canadian/chilean. We sat on the third floor surronded by windows. It was a beautiful day. Clear and sunny, and the Andes in the distance were covered in snow. Absolutely breathtaking.
After lunch, we went to the tip of Coqiumbo, and had drinks on the rocks overlooking the ocean. We watched the birds flying around, saw a sealion sunning himself, and another one playing in the water. I think the coffee shop is my new favorite place. It’s peaceful, not crowded, and beautiful. I think i’m going to try to go there more often. They had this amazing amaretto tea that I loved.
We then proceeded to a friend of a friend of Jaime’s art show. She had some amazing pictures that she had painted. I’m not much of an artist type, but they were layered and wonderful. I bought my first artwork today. I got my sister a painting as well, but now I think I may keep it for myself, sorry Karin. It’s the thought that counts!
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Posted by Lisa on August 31st, 2005 — Posted in Misc
I didn’t post yesterday, I apologize. I went hiking in the morning, then went grocery shopping in the afternoon, and then went here…
Sorry, I didn’t get a picture of the store, but yes, you are correct. I went to blockbuster. As far as I can tell, it’s the only one in town unlike in the states where they’re around every corner next to the omnipresent CVS’s. Now my card back from the states didn’t work, so I joined and am now a member here in Chile. My friend Joanna was with me, thankfully. She was able to do all the spanish speaking for me. Well really, she did everything, and I just stood there looking pretty. But I digress. We can now rent movies whenever we want. How cool. And FYI, if you’re getting homesick, this is where to go to get the good stuff. They have american candy there, plus small bags of marshmallows. hmmm. So I rented my first movie, Diarios De Motocicleta- Motorcycle Diaries. It’s in spanish, but has english subtitles. We haven’t watched it yet, but will probably tonight. It’s supposed to be great. At Blockbuster they had all the american movies plus chilean, british and other movies too. I can’t wait to watch them all…
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Posted by Lisa on August 31st, 2005 — Posted in Misc
I don’t only want to blog about my daily happenings. I want to be able to share with you other things that we continually find in Chile. So today, I decided to tell you about Steve and I’s favorite breakfast bread. It’s called Queque Trenza Rusa. You can buy it at almost all of the local supermarkets, or at least some form of it. I’m not really sure what it is. Sometimes it reminds me of a marble cake, vanilla and chocolate, but it’s not chocolate, in other ways it reminds me of cinnamon buns, but it’s not cinnamon. And then occasionally you get a surprise in a bite, sometimes a piece of candied fruit, sometimes chocolate, but only occasionally. So it’s weird, but wonderful. Steve and I like to warm it up in the oven, and then melt some butter on top. Not very nutritious, but very very yummy. Steve usually eats some every morning with his yerba matte tea. Yes, tea. He’s stopped drinking coffee, though that may be due to the fact that we can’t get any good coffee here. No beans, no nothing. You can buy nescafe though 🙂 I prefer to have my yummy cakey thing as dessert. I was complaining that though i’ve started exercising, I haven’t really lost any weight yet. Well, this would be why. I’m an addict of some unknown type of cake/bread with an indescribable flavor. When you come to visit, you’ll become addicted too!!
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Posted by Lisa on August 29th, 2005 — Posted in Activities
Since Steve worked a ton over the past week up on the mountain, one of the benefits is he got to take today off. So like a good wife I got up early this morning and bought these…
Not as good as Crescent donuts or Krispy Kreme’s, but we’re in Chile, who can complain. At least I found donuts! YUM
After pigging out on donuts, I decided we needed to work them off, so Steve and I went on a hike. Plus it was a beautiful day out as well- mid 70s, sunny a little breezy. It was Steve’s first time hiking up the mountain and he did very well. Below is a picture of the view of our car from half way up the mountain, it’s the tiny dot.
Once we ate our delicious lunch of salad, Steve and I went off to get more flowers for our garden. It’s an addiction I think. I love going and looking at the flowers, and it’s cheap. Now since we’re in the middle of winter, I can’t even imagine how the flowers will look during the different seasons.
I know you were all thinking, salad for lunch, that’s too healthy, but tonight we are going to order pizza, drink wine/beer and watch movies. Life can’t get any better than that!
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Posted by Lisa on August 28th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
This week was the best mail week EVER! Not only did I get my People magazine, my Yankee magazine, and our Entertainment magazine, I got 2 packages. My awesome Aunt Pat sent me some much needed books, and my super cool mom and our super awesome cool friend Pat Tapper sent me a package. Well actually they sent their packages separately but they got combined in Tucson, anyways I digress. My mom sent me my favorite mac and cheese ever ( I already chowed down on a box), some chocolate chips (weird that you can’t buy these here), Bell’s seasoning (which helps me make a magnificent roast), some awesome looking tortellini, 2 books, and a puzzle type book that Steve and I really enjoy! Pat made these amazing chili pepper napkins (I can’t wait to have a dinner party and use!), and sent me 2 tortilla holders, very cool as well. So thank you everyone. I love you guys, and I definitely love my presents! yay for me!!!!!!
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