I'm a little delayed BUT, 2 weekends ago I went to one of the best surf spots in Chile - Pichilemu. I went with two girlfriends of mine from the program and we had such an amazing and relaxing trip out there. We arrived Friday but didn't rush into too much. Saturday we had our first surf lesson of the weekend. The instructors were very patient and helpful too. My the end of the lesson the 3 of us could all stand if only for a minute.
That night we were invited to an asado by our surf instructors to watch the soccer game - Chile needed to win to qualify for the world cup. And they won! So of course everyone was in good spirits. We had a great time eating tons and tons of meat and chatting it up in Spanish.
The next day we took the bus out to Santa Cruz, an area well known in Chile for great wine. We took a tour of the vineyard Viu Manent and if was absolutely gorgeuos. We couldn't have asked for better weather. We got back to Pichilemu late that night and immediately crashed out.
On our last day in Pichilemu we had one last surf lesson in the morning - amazing, again. After eating, more, (we love to eat...) we hopped on a bus back to Santiago. Definitely a weekend well spent.
And tonight I leave for San Pedro de Atacama, the far north of Chile, for 5 days. I come back the night of the 27th with just enough time to come home, get more clean clothes and then leave again for La Serena for a few days. Wish me luck!
